Testimony of Keith Jenkins (UK).
International Co-ordinator for Servants of the Lord Ministries

A story of someone who found the Kingdom of God

Keith is a Civil Engineering Consultant as well as an Ordained minister. He was brought up in a Christian home but avoided going to church regularly. Keith did well at school and eventually went on to a very high level of education. At sixth-form he was challenged with the Gospel and accepted Christ as Saviour at the age of 18. It was the love of God that he felt that made him realise this was real. However, after a time he became very busy and got involved with working in the church and eventually lost the joy that he had at his Salvation. Keith did not realise that God required him to change. The situation was also made worse. Keith went to a church where others had lost the joy and had become religious church goers. Determined and also afraid of becoming like these sad looking people he tried to be the best "Christian" he could be. Keith was looking for a close walk with God but there was no one to show him how to get to know God in a personal, intimate way.

He was studying for a PhD. at Queen's University when he first heard this message of knowing God personally. It was in 1987, when Keith went to a meeting and heard Rev. Joseph Hedgecock speak in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The message was very real. Joseph spoke of being able to hear the voice of the Lord at all times. Even though Keith heard what was said, he was so involved with church activities and his own ministry. Time dragged on and the pressures of life started to crowd in. Having got a job to pay the bills, Keith started out with very little money and a long way from home. It was here that Keith finally met Jesus as Lord of his life. When he was shown the state of his own life before God and humbled, Keith went through a deep breaking. Keith knew he had done many things wrong trying to serve God. Like Paul in Romans 7 he had struggled and the feeling of failure was very clear. But it was the love of God that broke him not the pressure of failure. He realised he was a wretch before God but He just felt the Father Love Him. He had been running from an image of God the Father as a hard task master. His own fear had kept him back from sharing every moment with the Lord and abiding all the time in the presence of God. He stopped fighting against the Lord and a new way of life began.

Now Keith has found the way to knowing God intimately and has learnt to hear God's voice clearly. This is a promise for every one of his children. We are exhorted to make every effort to enter the Kingdom. This was the promise of entering the "Rest" (Hebrews 4). Keith now has a testimony that he can talk and fellowship clearly with God. It is normal for him to ask God a question and get an answer immediately seconds. He has ceased from his own labours and has learnt to depend on His voice. Getting to know the Lord in this way has developed his understanding of the Father and founded a personal relationship for God to direct him as Lord. Naturally, after several years of hearing God, he was ordained and now ministers in England, travelling and sharing his testimony in 10-15 countries each year in Europe. Keith has the privilege of helping many of God's children get to know their Heavenly Father the way they should, and hear His voice.