This morning I woke up thinking about a friend of mine that I led to Christ a few years ago. His name is Obah.

Obah came from Nigeria a son of a wealthy family. He was working as a taxi driver here in the USA.

Every Tuesday evening I went to the taxi stand to sing Christian songs, eat some snacks and have a Bible study.

Obah was a Muslim yet his wife was a Christian. He listened to the Bible study every week, but never wanted to become a Christian.

One day, Atlanta was hammered by a terrible storm with tornadoes. Obah lived right across the street from a house that was completely destroyed! He came to see me the next day.

“Brother Tim, I want to ask Jesus into my heart!”

I was amazed. “That’s awesome, Obah. What made you come to that decision?”

“I know that God spared my life last night. I believe it was because of my wife’s prayers for us. Although I was raised a Muslim, I never had peace. I never knew what would happen to me if I died. I was never sure. My wife was frightened last night, but she was sure she would go to Heaven. She seemed so peaceful. I want that peace in my life.”

Right there in the parking lot Obah asked Jesus to come into his life. It was not an easy decision. His family back home in Nigeria was very angry at him for turning his back in Islam. They could not understand why he would do that. He was the eldest son and his family was very wealthy. Why would he turn his back on his former religion and all that money?

“Now I have peace in my life, Brother Tim. Now I have the happiness that I saw my wife have. I realize it is not about having great wealth. Many of my relatives are very wealthy and yet they are not happy. They fear death. Jesus has given me something that Islam never could: PEACE with God.”

I smiled and nodded. I knew exactly what he meant.

I have nine Associated Press awards for my work in Journalism. If I had stayed in the TV business I’d be making over $100,000 a year. People treated me with awe when I came in the room because I was with the TV station. BUT none of that matters compared to the peace that I have because of Jesus. I KNOW that I will be with Jesus one day. NOTHING compares to the happiness and satisfaction that I have working for Jesus.

Please pray for the families of those believers that have come out of Islam, Hinduism and Buddhism. They face enormous pressure from their families to turn their back on Jesus even being promised great wealth.

As my brother Mayur said, who was once a Hindu, “All the money in the world is not worth what Jesus has given me. I will never turn my back on Him!”