God Asked Me: Will you die for me? (Michael H Yeager)

God Asked Me: Will you die for me?

I heard the voice of God asking me: are you willing to die for me? It was as I was getting ready to leave for the Philippines. I had been to the Philippines on numerous occasions. I had been going into an area of the Philippines where the NPA was extremely active.

NPA is the abbreviation for the new People’s Army, which is part of a communist movement. At that time they were very active and they were extremely brutal and dangerous. Godly men which I have worked with in the Philippines had been murdered by them. I heard the Lord continue to say to me: if I can use your spilled blood like a seed planted into the ground to bring about a wonderful harvest, are you willing to die? When I heard the Lord say this to me, I took it very seriously. With deep sorrow in my heart and tears rolling down my face, I said yes Lord!

It was not that I was not willing to die for Christ because I had been in many dangerous situations since I had been born again in 1975. I have had numerous encounters with people threatening and trying to kill me.

A gang I used to run with out of Chicago tried twice. Some Yupik Indians in Alaska had tried to kill me. A demon possessed woman had stabbed me multiple times in the face and yet the knife could not penetrate my skin.

A radical Muslim kept on wanting to shoot me, as he yelled and screamed in my face, with his finger ready to pull the trigger which would have sent me off into eternity, but the Holy Ghost restrained him.

Yes, I was more than willing to die, but in truth, I did not want to. I had a lovely wife, 3 sons and a beautiful little girl. But I said yes Lord if this is your will! I still remember that morning as I was getting ready to drive myself to the BWI Airport to catch a plane to the Philippines.

I hugged my precious wife very tight and my four beautiful children as if it was the last time I would ever hold them or hug them again on this side of heaven. As I looked at my little girl Stephanie she was sucking on her 2 fingers and I had lovingly nicknamed her two fingers Stephanie. My 2nd son Daniel I had nicknamed him the watermelon kid because he loved watermelon so much.

I hugged my oldest son goodbye who we had nicknamed Mick which is short for Michael. my 3rd son Steven could never give enough hugs even to this day.

As I backed out of my driveway leaving my family standing on the front porch tears were rolling down my face. I said, Lord, you died for me, you gave everything for me, so the least I can do is to be willing to give up everything you’ve given me if I can be a seed of revival for others to be born again.

As I was driving towards the airport on the main highway I was weeping so hard that I could barely see where I was going. I was thanking God for the years that he had given me with my lovely wife Kathleen. I was thanking God for my 3 sons and my daughter.

I was thanking God for all the opportunities he had given to me to minister the word and help others. I was also reflecting on the fact of how many times I should been dead like many of my former buddies who were now dead.

I thought back on the times before I was born again when I had overdosed, drank way too much booze, played chicken with oncoming trains, driving on the other side of the road headed right towards others.

When I had been in a gunfight with a crazy man. Oh, how many times God had spared me, and yet most of my worldly friends were now dead.

All of those times when God spared my life, he could’ve allowed me to die and go to hell. But God had rescued me, and now it was my turn to die for him, how could I say no? I remember landing in the Philippines. I was completely free from fear. In my heart of hearts, I was already a martyr for Christ.

Now to my wonderful amazement and my great surprise God spoke to my heart while I was over there in the communist-infested area. He said: Son you’re not going to die! I said what Lord God Asked Me: Will you die for me?

He spoke to me again: you’re not going to die! I remember crying with joy, I said why Lord? He said I needed to have you prove your love for me. He said I needed to have you to know that I was number 1 in your life. Even as Abraham offered up Isaac, and I gave him back, so in a sense, you have offered up your wife and your children, and I give them back to you.

That has been approximately 23 years ago. I’m still going to areas at times that are extremely dangerous, but I have no fear because I know that God is with me.

What if he ever asked me to offer up my life again as a seed with the shedding of my blood? All I can say is that if it ever happens again, by God’s grace I’ll say, yes Lord! You gave your life for me, it’s the least I can do.

Micheal H Yeager

Micheal H Yeager is the CEO at Word Broadcasting Network - The Revival Channel, CEO & Founder, Pastor at Jesus Is Lord Ministries International and Pastor/President at Jesus Is Lord Ministries

Studied at Rhema Bible Training College

Past: Rhema and Vision Christian Bible College & Seminary
Lives in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

From Mukwonago, Wisconsin
Married to Kathee Yeager

Married since 19 August 1978

with four Children