No, not the subject I promised last week. I want to talk about this: M.I.A. had a vision of Jesus.

M.I.A. (stage name) is a British rapper, with Tamil roots. I had never heard of her, but she is famous in younger circles.

She was Hindu, a great religion which proclaims some profound truths.

And she was happy with who she was. She disliked Christianity. She thought it was all foolishness.

But in 2017, she found herself alone in a place without phone access. She felt ill and was sure she was dying.

She said to herself, “This is it. I’m gone.” But suddenly she saw a vision of Jesus before her. And she saw in him immense strength, “the power to save the world.”

“This turned my world upside down,” she said. “I knew he was real. I had no question about it.”

She said, “Most of my fans were activists.”

“They hated Jesus. I knew I would lose a lot. But I had no choice. I could not deny what I now knew to be true.”

She didn’t record another album for five years—until 2023. She had to take stock of where she was. She declared herself a Christian.

This is the way it happens. You may raise endless arguments against Christian faith, but they will carry no weight with M.I.A.

She experienced Jesus.

She saw him.

And there are millions who can say the same thing—including me.

No, it is not necessary to have a profound religious event to believe in Jesus.

But we all need to face the evidence. Jesus is real and working in the world.

You can deny it.

But you can’t stop it.

It’s reality. And I want to live in the real world.