Was I Saved Then?

Q. My small group is going to share our testimonies before we quit meeting for the summer and it’s my turn to share. I had always thought that I was saved as a child but now I’m not sure.

You see, I went to Sunday school as a kid and knew the Bible stories and some songs. Somewhere around the age of 10 I started having nightmares and I would wake up terrified and go into my parents room and crawl into their bed. This went on for some time and finally my mom put her foot down and told me I couldn’t do that anymore. The next night I woke up terrified, went into their room and stood in the doorway wondering what I was going to do. I heard a voice say to me, “Why don’t you ask Jesus?” so I quietly sang a song I knew that went, “Come into my heart, Lord Jesus. Come in to stay, come in I pray. Come into my heart Lord Jesus.”

My chest area was immediately filled with peace and something like a white light and I felt clean inside and I remember thinking that I didn’t know I was dirty in there.

Then, as a teenager and much to my regret, I went my own way and lived my own life only turning back to His Lordship many years later. True, many times I saw His hand in my life during that time and I never stopped believing in God.

So was I saved then? I didn’t ask Him to be my Savior. I didn’t ask for forgiveness of my sins or acknowledge my sins. My experience was amazing and something I remember clear as day but I don’t want to rely on my experience as evidence of anything. I am saved now for sure so I’m not worried. But we are giving our testimony and I’ve been thinking about God’s hand in my life and I’m not sure when exactly I was saved.

A. You have as beautiful a salvation story as any I’ve ever heard. You didn’t confess any sins because you weren’t accountable for any.  You came into the Kingdom as a little child; innocent, trusting, believing.

He tends his flock like a shepherd: He gathers the lambs in his arms and carries them close to his heart; (Isaiah 40:11)