Finding Peace With God: The Testimony of Keith Sauve

August 22, 2025
Keith Sauve

Many people come to Christ through suffering. They come because they are seeking a Savior. In some places they come because they are starving for food. Others have been betrayed by loved ones. Many are looking for more from a life that seems to leave them wanting. If you were hoping for a story about how the Lord saved me at my lowest point you will not hear that today. No, I found the Lord while things were beginning to go my way in life and yet, in spite of that, I was truly suffering. Unbeknown to me, I was suffering the sin of pride. I was always focused on the next task, the next promotion, the next objective that I had set for myself, all the while feeling mostly empty. My life was a series of mental check boxes and for each box I checked I wondered why I never felt like I was all I wanted to be.

I desperately wanted to know how and when I would find peace. After starting off life on my own? No. After studying for years and finally obtaining my degree? No. Surely after getting my job? No. Perhaps, after my son was born? Joy yes, but peace? Certainly not. 

No, I was missing a crucial element and that essential component was Christ. There is nothing in this earthly life that can give you peace. Only Christ offers everlasting peace. However, if you are to know the truth that brings peace to your soul, you must allow Him to work within you through the Holy Spirit. That truth is found in God’s Word. Everything else is vanity. 

I began reading the Bible at the outset of 2022 after my daughter, our second child, was born. I began reading it out of curiosity because I wanted to learn more about my (at the time) fiancée’s family who were believers. Considering myself a skeptic, I had little expectation of discovering anything profound, but I wanted to give it a genuine chance. Every night, despite it feeling arbitrary, I began praying to God to reach out to me and to guide me to an understanding of what I was reading. Ultimately, it took me two and a half years to finish the Bible from cover to cover.

After the first year of reading, I was about halfway through the Old Testament. While I was fascinated by the stories, I did not feel any closer to God. But I carried on praying and reading each night. 

About a year later, around the midsummer of 2024, I finished the Old Testament and was nearly finished reading the Gospels. It was then that I felt God’s presence for the first time. It is a difficult experience to explain but at the time I was at work during a normal day at the office. About halfway through my day I had an epiphany. It was like a message sent to my mind that told me that Christ is the Savior and that I had discovered my true purpose. I felt a mixture of joy and astonishment that my prayers had been answered; the Holy Spirit had opened my understanding of God’s Word. The Lord showed me the relation between what I had been reading and my life and gave me an understanding of what I should be doing. I should be concerned with following Christ and obeying His Word. I had finally discovered the peace that I had longed for. For the next three days after believing in Christ as my Savior, I sensed the Lord’s presence, and I knew that I was saved.

Since then, many transformative things have happened to me. I was baptized by my father-in-law and became part of their fellowship where I now actively attend the Sunday and mid-week prayer meetings in the local assembly. I soon discovered that I now have a different demeanor and the problems and worries that once felt so heavy in my mind were now much lighter. Those mental check boxes did not seem so important anymore. Instead, I desired to share with all who would listen about this wonderful gift Christ has given to me. I wanted to tell them that salvation is a gift and that God desired to reach out to them to do the same as He had done for me. I began praying to God every night with my family that we might be good vessels for Christ, and that through His Word He might guide and protect us. I now stand confident in whatever path God leads me to take. I know he has a purpose for me.

Christ saved me and there is no other way to put it. He saved me from a life without purpose as well as a life of uncertainty and moral ambiguity. I now listen to the indwelling Holy Spirit within me. He guides my conscience and my actions. I vow to build my house upon the Rock as I am now yoked to the Lord Jesus Christ. I have wholeheartedly put my faith completely in the Lord to provide for my family and for all our needs. I want our family to submit to His will for us. No longer do I worry whether I am enough. I am enough for God. In fact, we are all enough for God. The Lord only asks that you believe in Jesus as your Savior. I thank Him and praise Him.

For those reading this testimony that may not yet know Christ, I ask that you begin by reading God’s Word, asking the Lord to reveal the truth to you. It may seem like no one is listening but there is, and that Listener will provide you guidance in understanding His Word. Believing in Christ will save you and give you peace with God.

To close, I would like to share these verses from Psalm 23 (ESV), from which I draw great comfort:

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
He makes me lie down in green pastures.
He leads me beside still waters.
He restores my soul.
He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.
Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil, for you are with me;
Your rod and your staff, they comfort me.
You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies;
You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life,
And I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever.