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BY LUIS PALAU My Life in Seven Words Copyright© 2019 Luis Palau SPECIAL MEMORIAL EDITION my life IN SEVEN WORDS BY LUIS PALAU My Life in Seven Words Copyright© 2019 Luis Palau Much of the content from this devotional has been taken from Luis Palau’s spiritual memoir, Palau: A Life on Fire (Zondervan, 2019) All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. Printed in the United States of America. my life: delight 01 Luis Palau, 1934 - 2021 Dear friend, Thank you for taking the time to honor Dad by learning from the powerful lessons and holy moments of his life. I count myself immeasurably blessed to be his son. These are truths that changed him. They have changed me and I know they can change you as well. I know that if he were still here, he would be praying that these words refresh your soul. To him, there could be no greater gift than for you to know Jesus more through his story. If you make time this week to quiet the noise and ask God for His help and guidance as you read through this little booklet, I believe He will speak to you in a very real way. He’ll refresh your spirit with His powerful love that never disappoints. Let’s dig in, Andrew Palau Psalm 100 LUIS PALAU // 3 WRITTEN BY LUIS PALU IN 2019... If we were together today, I would tell you about Jesus Christ... “God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.” JOHN 3:16 my life: delight 01 I would tell you the wonder of what it feels like to be dying without fear. I would tell you that Christ has been the best of friends and masters to me. Never once has He failed or abandoned me. Not at my poorest. Not at my loneliest. Not at my most stubborn or arrogant or hard-hearted. I would tell you that I see His work at every turn of my life, faithfully providing. God has provided, through Jesus, a way for you to come home. Every sin of yours will be forgotten. Every wickedness washed clean. Your every wound can be bound up and allowed to heal. He promises you “strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow.” It is real. It is good. All that you must do is go to Him on the cross. All that you must do is say “Yes” to free salvation through His blood. Romans 10:9 says, “If you declare with your mouth, ‘Jesus is Lord,’ and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be s av e d .” If you wish to do this, right now, simply pray: Father, I confess I have fallen short of Your glory. I repent of my sins and ask for Your forgiveness. I believe that in Your love You have not left me to death and loneliness. I believe that Jesus Christ died to bring life to me and to the whole world and that You raised Him from the dead. Please wash me in His blood, forgiving all my sins. Please fill me with Your Holy Spirit and make me a new creation. Please give me the assurance of eternal life. I ask this in Jesus’ name. Amen. Please let us celebrate your decision with you at luispalau.org/yes LUIS PALAU // 5 my life: delight 01 delight 6 // My Life in Seven Words my life: delight 01 Will you indulge an old evangelist by imagining with me that we are together, surrounded by laughter and the smell of good food? That we’re chatting face to face about the things that matter most? We have one week together and I’m praying that it refreshes your soul. I want you to feel that you have gotten to know me—the unfiltered me—and to know Jesus through my story. “You make known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand.” Psalm 16:11 This is where we begin: delight. The best periods of my life were those times I really did simply delight in the Lord. He is the loving Father, the kind Master, the One with greater patience than we could ever imagine. Joy, full blessing, laughter—those are the hallmarks of our relationship with God. It is possible to obey and serve Him without delighting in Him. It is possible to forget that the crux of it all is this: we’ve received good news from a good God. True, unfading joy comes only from delighting in His presence. And when we forget to delight, an insidious darkness creeps in, dampening our joy. Our culture today faces monumental challenges. Why are so many young people struggling with depression? They should be having fun, experiencing their freedom. Yet they are medicated in droves because they are haunted by the very real specter of depression. What has imposed this on them? Why are we divorcing at such rates, bringing misery, financial complication, and heartbreak to families? What is happening? We could go on and on with the sufferings of our day. There must be a way out. If the Lord can save us from hell, can’t He save us from the LUIS PALAU // 7 pressures of this life as well? He may not take them away, but He can give us the strength to bear them—as Psalm 37:23 says, “The Lord makes firm the steps of the one who delights in him.” Can’t we choose to live for today and say “phooey” to what others think? Can’t we choose joy and faithful living in Jesus? When we delight in the Lord, He places desires in our hearts that He plans to fulfill anyway. The desires of God’s heart become the desires of our hearts. Extraneous, carnal, egotistical things fall away. You focus on the delight. “Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.” Psalm 37:4 I am months, maybe weeks, away from heaven. The only thing I can think to say is, “Get close to God.” Delight in Him. Let the stream of the Holy Spirit’s work carry you to the heart of the Father. In you is the life of Christ, who intercedes for us. How amazing that is! The musty, clinging fear of death dissipates in that freshness. For if Christ has given me His life here in our fallen world, and if He is even now ascended and interceding for me in heaven, will He not be faithful to His promises to bring me safely home to Himself? Will He not bring me into the presence of the Father, at whose right hand is joy forevermore? Will He not let me find the home in Him that I have always longed for? 8 // My Life in Seven Words my life: delight 01 I continue to be called into God’s delight. Are you delighting in Him? Are you close to the one who has defeated the power and fear of death? Or are you still in bondage to the fear of the unknown? Turn to Jesus. He is waiting to walk us through the Valley of the Shadow into His glorious light. The still, small voice says, “Stay, Luis. Know me a little better here.” So I try to obey. I sit. I listen to the reading of the Word like I have not done in ages, with a freshness that is given depth by the knowledge that my faith will soon become sight. I listen carefully and personally, not merely to teach others but to be taught myself. God wants to meet you today. Not yesterday, which is a memory, and not tomorrow, which is a mystery. Will you make room for delight today? Sit down. Get quiet. Open the Word. Thank Him. I’m praying you’d experience God’s joy filling you once again. LUIS PALAU // 9 my life: surrender 01 delight 02 surrender 10 // My Life in Seven Words my life: surrender 02 When I was eighteen, a choice—which was more about my heart than my occupation—came to the surface in a colorful way. As a boy, I’d read about a missionary who’d contracted leprosy on the mission field. I was haunted by the story. One day, I felt the Lord asking a simple question: Luis, are you willing to give your life for the sake of others? Are you willing to get leprosy for Me? Finally, peace replaced my tension, and I knew the honest answer. Lord, I’ll do whatever You ask. Even if it means risking leprosy for the sake of the Good News, I’ll do it. It was a moment of surrender. A moment of becoming a “living sacrifice.” “Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship.” Romans 12:1 The concept of giving all for the Lord was not abstract to me. Before my father’s death, I’d seen his generous spirit extend to every aspect of his life. From the moment he accepted Christ, he was fully committed. In the middle of the service, while the preaching was in full swing, he suddenly stood up and announced, “I receive Jesus Christ as my only and sufficient Savior.” And he sat down.
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