| I would not be doing what I'm doing if it wasn't for God, and I just want the world to know, whoever is reading this, it's not because of my strength. This is truly because of the work of God.
I was a Muslim at one time, and I remember knowing about Jesus, studying about Him with my friends and Athletes In Action. I attended things like that. I remember coming here to Green Bay and saying, 'You know something? I know about Jesus. I've been doing it my own way for 22 years, and it brought me nothing but sadness. Let me do it His way.'
It is exciting when you're not blind. I was blind, so it was always boring. When I wanted to really know about the Lord, I said, 'I'm going to do it.' I read three chapters (of the Bible) a day. I always tell people to try to prove the Bible wrong, read it - from cover to cover. Don't just read one thing here and say it's contradictory. Read it from cover to cover, and I will promise you will fall in love.
If God is with me who can be against me? Does that mean I'm going to win all the time? No, because sometimes I have to lose, so God can build me up! Sometimes God tears us down to build us back up. Sometimes I look at myself as the clay. God is trying to shape me. Be Holy because He's Holy. He's trying to shape me into this image. We're always a work in progress, so it's like He's pounding it! And it's going to hurt when He's pounding, but He's trying to shape me up. After He shapes me, I can look a myself and say, 'Oh, I look good!' I'll be happy, but I didn't like what it took to get up there. But He had to do those things to make me the man He wants me to be.
I remember in Proverbs 21:31, it talks about preparing the horse for battle. So I always told myself, 'Ok, Kabeer prepare yourself for this season that's the only way God is going to use you.' I said I'm going to prepare myself for battle, but the victory belongs to the Lord, so no matter what happens, I'm going to play in such a way that I can glorify God, so everything I do I can't even take the credit.
Jesus loves me. He died for my sins. That's what makes me happy, not because of the success I'm having. He just happens to be using me. I'm grateful for that. I am honored that He wants to use me in that way. I just want to serve Him in any way.
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