“While God was in my mother’s womb, God chose me to be special, and through his grace, he called me” (Gal. 1: 1).
Dear friends, my name was Balachandran, who was born into a Hindu family in Kalpathi, Palakkad district. My family consists of father, mother and two siblings. By the time I was about twenty-nine years old, I had become an addict to alcoholism, smoking, and abominable sins.
In 1996, I came across a magazine called Vachanotsavam. This was the first time he had ever met Jesus. This magazine reads testimonies of Hindu brothers and sisters who have experienced God in meditation at Potta and Moringur Divine Meditation Center. A desire to know Jesus more and more came to me. I also had a strong desire to go to Moringore Divine Meditation Center and meditate.
I attended a weekly meditation on the Divine in 1996 without knowing the household. The Lord spoke to me on the very first day of His Father’s word ministry: “Do not be afraid; I have saved you; What qualification do I have? The Word of God listened to very carefully good days. Alcoholism, smoking, and I realized that idolatry is a sin.
I decided to drop them all. At my father’s insistence, I went to the temple and prayed to other gods. But in the book of Deuteronomy, we read: ‘There is no God besides me. Make no graven image for yourself; Do not make any image in the sky above or below the earth or water. You shall not bow down to them or serve them. (Acts 5: 7-9). I decided to leave the alien gods.
When I returned to my house after meditation, my father told me bad. Some of the racist gangs came and started beating and threatening: “If we go to Jesus and meditate, we will kill you.” At home, I started to read the Bible and pray. His father was severely reprimanded: he threatened to burn the Bible. I went to a Christian home in the neighborhood and attended the Mass. My father threatened me there too.
Then I attended a one-day prayer program at a meditation center, which I did not know. There I said to Jesus, “Jesus, I want to live with you for your sake.” When he returned home, his father said, “You don’t have to call Jesus anymore, go to meditation centers or mosques. If Jesus is great for you, you don’t have your parents and siblings. You think they are dead.
I said, “I have tasted the love of Jesus. I cannot deny it. I am Jesus. Do not trample this house anymore. My mother begged me not to leave home. Yet, my father drove me out of the house in the name of accepting Jesus as Savior. The Word says, “Because of My name, all the nations will hate you.” (Matthew 24: 9).
Jesus heard my cry of tears. He spoke to me through His Word. “Because he knows my name, I will protect him. When he calls on me, I will answer him; I will cling to him in my affliction. (Ps. 91: 14 -15).
After a week of meditation, I longed to stay in the Divine Service and do missionary work. The director went to his father. From 1998 to 2003, she served in the Divine Meditation Center. I had the opportunity to attend Divine Bible College. The desire to accept baptism and join the Catholic Church was born in me. Peter was then baptized and became a member of the church.
He received Jesus in his heart through the Holy Mass. “He who is in Christ is a new creation. The old has passed. Here is the news.” (2 Cor. 5:17). The Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. (Gen. 2: 18). The Lord did not want me to be alone, so he blessed me by marrying the daughter of God, Julie. Then we had two sons as a gift of God.
I did not know how to drive a vehicle. I went to driving school. However, it was not possible to drive. I prayed constantly to the Holy Spirit. He gave me the ability to drive all kinds of vehicles. I got a driving license and badge for all categories of vehicles. Then the Lord blessed me with a driver job. “Seek first His Kingdom and His righteousness, and all the rest will be given to you” (Matthew 6:33).
The Lord has blessed us with many blessings. We know He is still with us. “I thank Thee, O Lord, with all my heart; I will sing praises to You before the gods.
We must testify before others of Jesus whom we know. The Holy Spirit has taught me that there are four things that can happen when I openly confess and acknowledge the blessings the Lord has bestowed on my life.
1. When I confess and confess Jesus before others, He will also confess to me. “Whoever confesses me before men, I will also confess him before my Father who is in heaven. (Matt. 10: 32 -33).
2 “When I confess and confess the Lord, He gives me grace.” But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you; For full expression in weakness, my power .. “(2 Cor 12: 9).
3. They will receive the gift of faith from God, share with others my experience of God.” So faith is from hearing, and hearing is from the word of Christ. “
4. When I share my experience with others, the glory of God is magnified. “Let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven” (Matt. 9:16).
