Testimony Of Saint Patrick
Saint Patrick was taken against his will from his family in Britain
as a 16-year-old boy. He was taken
across the waters in a boat headed for Ireland.
There he was sold as a slave to a rich leader. He was given the job of herding swine. He toiled in slavery for six years. His life of servitude was a time of great
suffering and misery. He lived in
poverty, filth, and dirt. Many times, He
was desperately cold and hungry. He
described himself as a stone stuck in the mud.
When Patrick regained his freedom, he started preaching the
gospel that Baptist preachers preach today.
Patrick found the Lord Jesus, sometime during the 6 years he was in
slavery. He confessed he did not know the
true God as a 16-year-old boy, but while in a strange land, The Lord God opened
his unbelieving eyes to the truth of the Gospel. He confessed his sins to the Lord and turned
his life over to the Lord God wholeheartedly.
God became a father to him and comforted him as a father does his
children.
He started loving the Lord God more and more. The Spirit of God moved him to pray many
prayers. He prayed both day and night
while in the forest and in the mountain herding his flock. He suffered severe
cold, rain and frost. The Lord helped
him and he became eager to learn more and more.
He loved to think about God and God’s Word became a fire in his
soul.
Patrick was saved as a slave, the Holy Spirit greatly moved within his heart. He became a preacher to the
lost, the idol worshippers, the heathen of Ireland.
He was recognized by the Catholics as a Saint because he
lived blamelessly, but He was Baptist in his doctrine and beliefs.
This is just a small bit of the testimony of Saint Patrick. We can learn from his life and his struggles
today. We can understand that Patrick still
had problems but God was there for him and comforted him through his
sufferings.
