A Jewish man, Steve Weiler, had an experience with Yeshua that happened in a peculiar place. He was not in his lowest moments. Rather he was in his happy place. He did not encounter any Christian person, but a movie evangelized him.
Going to the Movies
Steve grew up identifying himself as a cultural Jew because he felt the synagogue was fake. He claimed that the gathering did not feel like they were worshipping God. So, he lived out feeling disconnected from their Jewish faith.
After his Bar Mitzvah, he finally told his dad that he wouldn’t be going anymore to the synagogue.
Then, in his high school year, he loved going on dates. He started dating at a young age and enjoyed the company of girls. But, he did not expect that he would encounter Jesus during his high time.
One night, he and his date went for a movie night. They watched “The Greatest Story Ever Told.” It was a 1965 epic film retelling the journey of Jesus.
Movie directed by George Stevens
And after exiting the movie theater, Steve changed. He said, “There were no bombs going off, no whistles, no anything! Nothing happened except that I walked out, and I believed that Yeshua, Jesus, was the Messiah.”
Since then, his passion for God only grew. He then shared his newfound faith with others, telling them of the love of Yeshua. And for the first time, he finally opened the Bible. He was totally captivated by the love of Yeshua.
And today, he encourages his fellow Jews to come to Yeshua for He is the only Way. He urged, “I want you to understand that Yeshua is the Messiah because He is the Way we get to the Father. And when you receive Yeshua, He will fill your heart with love. And He will take away and push out the infirmities, and you will feel life. You will feel whole.”
Steve’s story tells us that God encounters us at any point in our life. Whether in our lowest or our highest, He wants to reveal His truth to us. Because He loves us and His desire for us is to have an abundant life that can only be achieved in Him.
Reference: One for Israel Ministry
