Appreciative Ones Flock to God

Appreciative Ones Flock to God

Concerning his spiritual house of worship, Jehovah foretold:  "I will rock all the nations must come in; and I will fill this house with glory."  (Haggai 2:7)  This amazing prophecy had  a fulfillment in the time of Haggai when a restored remnant of God's people rebuilt the temple in Jerusalem.  Today, Haggai's words are having further fulfillment in regard to Jehovah's great spiritual temple. 

Millions have already flocked to the figurative temple in order to worship God "with spirit and truth," and every year hundreds of thousands of "desirable things of all the nations" continue to stream in.  (John 4:23, 24)  For example, the worldwide report for the 2006 service year shows that 248,327 were baptized in symbol of their dedication to Jehovah.  That represents an average of 680 new ones every day!  Their love of the truth and their desire to serve Jehovah as Kingdom proclaimers give evidence that they truly were drawn by God. -John 6:44, 45.

Many of these honest hearted ones were attracted to the truth because they were discerned  "the distinction between a righteous one and a wicked one, between one serving God and  one who has not served him."  (Malachi 3:18)  Consider the experience of Wayne and Virginia, a married couple who belonged to a Protestant church but who had many unanswered questions.  They hated war and were confused and disturbed when they saw the clergy blessing soldiers and weapons.  As the couple grew older, they felt ignored by others in the church, even though Virginia had taught Sunday school  for a number of years.  "No one  called on us or expressed interest in our spiritual welfare," they said, "All that the church wanted was our money. We felt lost."  They become even more disillusioned when their church adopted a permissive stance on homosexuality.

In the meantime, Wayne and Virginia's granddaughter and then their daughter became Jehovah's Witnesses.  Though Way and Virginia were upset about this at first, they later changed their mind and accepted a Bible study.  "In just three months ," said Wayne, 'we learned more about the Bible than we had learned  over the previous 70 years!~  We never knew that God's name is Jehovah, and we knew nothing about the Kingdom and the Paradise earth."  Before long, this sincere couple began to attend Christian meetings and to share in the ministry.  "We want to tell everyone about the truth," said Virginia.  Both in their 89's, they were baptized in 2005,  "We have found  a true Christian home,"  they said.

Next time: Appreciate Being "Equipped for Every Good Work"

The Watchtower, 2007