I want to serve Jesus
Shahbaz Bhatti, 02/03/2011
"I have been proposed senior the government and I was asked to give up my battle, but I always refused, even at the risk of my life. My answer was always the same: "No, I want to serve Jesus by common man."
This devotion makes me happy. I do not want popularity, I do not want positions of power. I just want a place at the feet of Jesus I want my life, my character, my actions speak for me and say that I am following Jesus Christ. This desire is so strong in me that I consider myself privileged if - in my effort and my struggle to help the needy, the poor, the persecuted Christians in Pakistan - would accept the sacrifice Jesus of my life. I want to live for Christ and for Him I die. I feel no fear in this country.
Many times, the extremists tried to kill me and imprison me, I have been threatened, persecuted and terrorized my family. The extremists, a few years ago, they even asked my parents, my mother and my father, to dissuade me from continuing my mission to help the Christians and the needy, otherwise I would lose. But my father has always encouraged me. I say that as long as I live, until his last breath, I will continue to serve Jesus and this poor, suffering humanity, Christians, the needy and the poor.
want to tell you that I find much inspiration in Holy Bible and the life of Jesus Christ. The more I read the New and the Old Testament, Bible verses and the word of the Lord and most are strengthened my strength and my determination. When I reflect on the fact that Jesus Christ has sacrificed everything, God has sent His own Son for our redemption and our salvation, I wonder how I can follow the path of Calvary. Our Lord said, "Come with me, take up your cross and follow me." The steps I love most of the Bible state: "I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, naked and you clothed me, ill and you visited me in prison and you came to me. " Thus, when I see the poor and needy, I think Jesus is in their appearance to meet me.
So I always try to be helpful, along with my colleagues, to give assistance to the needy, the hungry, the thirsty. "
* Shahbaz Bhatti, a Christian in Pakistan. In the tests hope Marcianum Press, Venice 2008 (pp. 39-43)
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