2nd Chronicles Chapter 33. Any Sinner can come to Jesus.
This is a great story of redemption. King Manasseh was more evil than all the nations before him. He would be one of those people we know that we would say:
1. He will never come to Jesus.
2. He is so evil, he'll never change.
3. It would take a huge miracle before this person will come to the Lord.
Well guess what? God is in the business of doing miracles because King Manasseh did come to the Lord, first in humility and second in repentance of his sins. His life was changed!!
How did that happen? Out of God's love for him he first sent people to try and change him of his prideful and sinful ways. But after rejecting God's voice many times, then God allowed him to fall into the hands of the enemy. This resulted in King Manasseh to humbly come to the Lord, calling out to him for help. God intervened into his life and then King Manasseh repented of his sins and turned to the Lord and encouraged the nation to serve the Lord as well.
So who do you know who needs Jesus and you have been praying for them? Don't stop! Don't give up! Keep praying! Keep loving them! Let God use you! Even if it means praying for 20-30 or 40 years. I prayed for my dad for 25 years before he surrendered his life to the Lord.
On his deathbed, he said his biggest regret was not giving his life to the Lord sooner.
I was reminded about how lost people matter to God. He wants them found. He is the good shepherd who leaves the 99 to go after the one that is missing.
Here’s what we read in Luke 15:10.
“Just so, I tell you, there is joy before the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”