ROBERT “THE NATURAL” DAVIS JR.

We all know about the story of Abraham in the Bible, but let me tell you about this Abraham!

I met my friend Abraham a few weeks ago at Chick Fil-A one morning! When I saw Abraham the Lord put it on my heart to ask to pay for his meal! Abraham was smiling from ear to ear before I could even shake his hand and ask his name! On today I walk into a Publix with my brother Khalil after a day of prayer and evangelism on campus and guess who I see? Abraham! I see him and he screams man! I say, “man I remember you, I met you at Chick Fil-A!” He said he remembered me also. We talked for a second, he told me it was his birthday and I just asked him what he wanted out of the store! Honestly he asked for three things…the food he picked up, a beer, and help paying for his prescription!

As we walked to the prescription aisle I kept hearing him say Jesus’ name! He kept saying, “In Jesus precious holy name!” At that point I knew this was going to be more than a “good deed” at the grocery store! God had more to offer! I started to ask him his thoughts on Jesus and he was ecstatic to talk about his Lord and Savior! Said He’s the reason he’s able to breathe, eat, and get his prescription today! I started to talk to him about giving his life to Jesus and honestly I could see he got a little discouraged! We paid for the prescription, got to the car, and continued to talk.

After some conversation I saw why he got a little discouraged! No one had ever told him the truth of the Gospel! He thought he had to work and do good things to receive God’s love and make it into Heaven, but that is far from the Truth! Khalil and I told Abraham all about the Good News and it was like Abraham’s whole entire thought process on life changed!

Prophetically, earlier that day the Holy Spirit urged Khalil to grab two towels before we went to go pray on campus! With that knowledge I asked Abraham if he wanted to be baptized! He said, “yes but I’ll backslide.” I told him “that’s the reason you give your life to Jesus! He died for your past, present, and future sins, but He also changes your heart and leads you to live the life He desires for us to live if we let Him!” (next slide)

He even felt guilty