Danyili cries out to God

** an article taken from International Mission Board (focus on China)

Each time Danyili* needs a taxi, he takes a different one – just so he can witness to the driver. Danyili, a devoted believer in Q-City, China, has been known to share Christ with 100 people a week – and lots of them accept.
But steadfast and articulate Danyili didn’t come from a Christian background. He looked down on Western cultures, and when a foreigner gave him a Bible, he threw it away.
“I lived the good life,” he says. “I had success in work. But my wife and I were always fighting, and sometimes we talked about divorce. I had a quick temper.”
Questions from Danyili’s younger years often crept back into his life: “Where did I come from? What am I heading for?”

One morning while Danyili was meditating before work, he remembered the curiosity he used to have. “Once I thought there was a God,” he thought with a pang of remorse. There in the room Danyili cried out to God: “Whoever you are show me, tell me! If you’re Buddha, Muhammad, or someone else – just show me.”

Deep in his heart Danyili knew there is a designer. “Everything has a designer,” he said. “Even chairs and software have a designer.” Danyili cried for an hour, which he had never done in his life, and felt strongly led to visit a church the following Sunday.
And after accepting Christ there, “everything changed,” he says. His bad temper began to dissolve. Even his physical ailments disappeared.
The more Danyili grew in knowledge of God, the more he wanted to share what he learned with others – like the taxi drivers he meets.

When is the last time you’ve taken a different route simply to share the gospel of Jesus Christ with someone new?