God Answers
And whatever you ask in prayer, you will receive, if you have faith.” Matthew 21:22, ESV
My husband is one who is very cautious about going up to strangers to talk with them about the Lord. He loves to share about the Lord, but he does not want to impose himself on anyone. So, when he came home from an errand and said he felt like the Lord said that we were to go talk to this unhoused person who had camped out along the bike trail down the street from our home, I was very surprised!
My husband was so serious! He said that God told him to take a bottle of water and give it to the individual and talk to him about Christ. So we walked down the trail together and there was the man sitting on a bench with all of his items all over the place. My husband spoke to him and introduced himself to the individual. He spoke back and my husband offered him the water. As they began to talk I just kept praying for God to take control. As my husband spoke and told the gentleman about the Lord, he listened and said that he knew God. But the more we talked to him the more we realized that there were some other mental issues that he was dealing with and he probably did not even realize it.
My husband asked him if we could pray for him and he accepted our prayer. Our encounter reminded me of how Jesus sent the disciples out two by two. They had no idea who they were going to meet and how the people were going to respond. But they obeyed God and moved. Walking with God requires us to walk in faith and trust that God will meet us where he send us. I’m not sure if the gentleman will remember much of what we said to him, but I know God prompted us, he had purpose for us going and he answered our prayers.
We may never get to witness how God moves in that man’s life, but our job was to move when the Holy Spirit told us to move and give him what we were directed to do. We can always give thanks to God for what he did in that individual’s life because the word says, “God’s word will never return to us void, but it will accomplish that which I desire and will prosper where to it was sent.” Isaiah 55:11 We have assurance that even if we don’t see God’s hands working in someone’s life, we know he never stops working.
Key points:
When God says move, go where he tells you.
When we speak his word it will never return void.
We may never see God working, but he never stops.
Affirmations: Matthew 10:20; Luke 24:32; Ephesians 6:19, Isaiah 55:11
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