What Is Your Integrity Quotient? - Genesis 20 Series

When you’re at work, there are people there who don’t know Jesus yet who may come in contact with Jesus because you’re the signpost pointing the way to Jesus Christ. God is working in people’s lives. And there are a lot of people who want to do the right thing. Oh I know there are some people who are bent on doing the wrong thing. But here’s a pagan king, he wants to do what’s right. There’s a lot of people at work who want to do what’s right. I believe that God leads people toward Himself through a process many times. And one of those paths, people want to do what’s right, they want to do the right thing, and that leads them closer to God and they come to a place where they realize Jesus, He’s the right thing. That’s what I need in my life.

There are some people that are trying to do the right thing and they realize I can’t. I need a Savior to save me. That’s basically how some people come to Christ. They want to do what’s right and that’s why they’re so attracted to Jesus Christ. I think there are other people who come to Christ because they’re spiritually minded. They’re spiritually minded people. You know maybe they’re new-age people. I like talking to people who are new age people because they’re already spiritual. You don’t have to convince them that there is a spiritual side of us. So just sharing with them the truth of Jesus Christ, they go, “Oh wow. Is that what this is?” So they’re easily moved to that place where they come to Jesus Christ.

God works in the lives of non-believers. In this case it’s pretty dramatic. God comes in and speaks to Abimelech through a dream.

Now maybe you’ve heard the testimony of Kelly Fox. She’s probably online with her family right now. Her testimony is fascinating. I’m going to tell her testimony. If she were here today I would have her tell it. But her testimony is just fascinating because God came and revealed Himself to her in a rather dramatic way.

Here’s what happened. Kelly was preparing to be a Buddhist. She had done all the study work and everything she wanted to become a Buddhist. They have a practice that’s like our Christian baptism where you’re kind of welcomed into the church through baptism. The baptism kind of unites you. It’s a statement about that you’re committing yourself to Christ. It's something going on inside of you. It’s just a reflection of that. Well in the Buddhist faith they have what they call a refuge meeting. Where you come and you’re entering into Buddhism. The lama who’s there says to all of the people that are becoming Buddhist now, “I want you to get into your lotus position now and I want you to consider whether this is really what you want to do before you make this commitment to do this.”

So Kelly, like the others there, was getting into her lotus position and she’s just meditating on this. All of a sudden Jesus appeared to her, sitting across from her in a lotus position facing her. Not as a glorified Jesus, but as Kelly describes it He’s emaciated and weak, kind of like a mirror of what Kelly is experiencing in her own heart, emaciated and weak. She’s kind of looking at a mirror, but Jesus Christ is the one who’s there and coming to her in who she is. Coming to her like Kelly. When she sees Jesus she feels this light inside of her chest, she feels this fullness and warmth inside, and she knows something is very powerful going on in her. And then Jesus says these words to her. “I will be with you now and ongoing.” He says those words to her. And at that moment she realized she didn’t want to be a Buddhist. She got up and walked out of there.