“How do you want to have people think of you and your life here, and what does it mean to to approach things based on eternal life as opposed to a temporary life?”
It took a near-death experience for Paul Walser to seriously consider his eternal destination. What followed was a long process of transformation.
“I was really captivated by the idea that there might actually be evidence that supports the whole existence of Jesus and the truth of the Bible and so I started to listen more.”
“I started to have a personal relationship with the pastor, we started meeting for lunch regularly, and that what went on for a number of years. It was a long journey – five years of attending church, lunches with the pastor, conversations with people, reading books. Then finally on July 3rd, 1997 I made a faith proclamation in my car.”
“I would say that there were a number of people that were influencing me. But one of them certainly was the pastor and I had just finished lunch with him. And I turned to him and I said I’m ready. He goes, ‘Ready for what?’ I said, ‘I’m ready to commit my life to Christ.’ So we went out in my car and and I made a faith commitment and that was the beginning of a new chapter in my life.”
Paul’s new life in Christ has caused him to see his world, and his eternal life in a whole new way:
“It changes the way you approach your professional life, it changes the way you approach your personal life, it changes your parenting, it changes your your role as a husband, and I went from short-term thinking to long-term thinking. Everything in my life up until that time, professionally and personally, was done for the moment. We never really asked ourselves the questions about where we want to be in five years and ten years, and what really are the long term goals from an eternal perspective?
