His soul screamed
desperately for real love…
But first, I need
to backtrack and tell you my journey in meeting him.
Here in Australia,
Tara and I chose to travel the month and spend quality time with each of our
teams in the locations they were stationed through the Territories.
I have been
witnessing God tearing down the walls of the hurt in these men and women, I
have seen Him pouring His blood of purity over the un-pure areas of hearts that
were closed off and screaming to be set free and it becoming white as snow. I
have seen moments of joy spill over in these lives and Him romance them in it. Many
are walking in a new freedom, and the Lord is doing an incredible thing with
each individual.
My last team to
visit this month was Team Glo. They are amazing men and women of God, and I had
an amazing time with them. While there, God showed up and BLEW me out of the
water with only 2 days in Beeswick.
This is the Outback,
and it is the place where the Aboriginal people dwell. It is a place where you can
smile and sweat pours forth from every place of your body. This is a place where the spiritual
climate is freakin’ intense…this is the place that I met Justin, age 36.
Justin is not aboriginal.
He has a mixture of Peruvian, Aussi, and Kiwi. A unique mixture of cultures
creating such a unique heart.
I have not had
headaches in a while… but as I drove closer to Beeswick my head became a
ticking time bomb it seemed. It was getting pretty ugly, and I knew that I needed
some meds, prayer, and rest. Little did I realize, I was entering a crazy war
zone (spiritually), and it was having a direct effect on me…
Upon arriving with
team Glo, I walked into the kitchen and there stood Justin who was colossal and
looked like he could easily smash my skull in with one fist. What I saw, though,
was his smile, and what I felt was his love and joy. It seeped from him, but
what I felt the Spirit speaking was that he wasn’t a believer…interesting
because of the love he had for people.
The next day, David
and I had some great talks with men throughout the community about the Lord and
encouraged them to live out their faith boldly, and I enjoyed every minute of
it…later that evening we saw Justin, and He was holding his lung and looked
like he was in pain. I asked what was up, and he said that it was from smoking
for 10 years. It was killing him
little by little. In those moments I felt the Spirit of the Lord tell me to lay
my hands on him for healing. I didn’t do it. I still am learning. So…
It was Friday night
and we were leaving early the next morning, and I knew that I still needed to
talk with him…the reason was unknown, but the Lord just kept pressing that He
needed Justin now. The night was drawing to an end, but God was just getting
started- Justin walked in and came straight to David and I… He sat down and
started to share his life…sharing the secrets of his heart that he had never
told anyone…he mentioned how tired he was of being surrounded by darkness. He even
wanted to end his life a few times. He was shameful, guilty, addicted to an
assortment of things, etc…and now he was screaming inside for help. He had
actually mentioned seeing a spirit around his room…yeah that’s right- he even
had asked the spirit her name and she said…”Jezebel” and get this… Justin had
no clue she was mentioned in the bible-he was yearning for rescue.
As David shared the
gospel, I knew more and more I had to pray with this man- it was heavy on me.
Desiring to be more
personable, we moved into his bedroom to pray hard core prayers over him…continuing
the conversation with Him about the Lord, he looked at us and said, “I know my
problem-I have never accepted the Lord because I have been addicted to such and
such-the “pleasures of the world”… So, I just went into talking about
addictions and the freedom we have in Christ-the power of Christ. As we spoke
about these things, it became apparent it was the time to make the choice to
get rid of addictions and darkness and let the light come in and break years
and years of darkness off of him. He wanted it, and so we prayed!
We prayed with Him
for an hour or more…we went through some tough spiritual warfare, but we
encouraged Him to speak out and plead the blood of Jesus over himself. We
encouraged Him to tell Christ how he felt…it was REDEEMING…it was POWERFUL…it
was ALL GOD! Through the end I felt the Lord pressing for me to place my hands
on his lungs and pray for complete healing- and this time, I didn’t hesitate.
That night was
special, Justin accepted the Lord as HIS personal savior/Father. It was beautiful.
When we finished
praying- he said, “I feel lighter, I don’t feel/see that spirit here anymore,
my mind is clearer, my lungs don’t hurt, and I can also breath deeper and more.”
This was incredible to witness. I loved every minute of it- seeing a man literally
leave the lies and walk into the truth of Christ…
Justin is now my
brother in the Lord- I don’t know if I will ever speak or see him on this earth
again- but I can tell you that I will rejoice the day when I see his face in
eternity. I can tell you that He will bring the Kingdom of God to Beeswick and will
be a LIGHT that shines out of the darkness that hovers there. I will testify
boldly that the seed fell on good soil and that it will grow and multiply into
hundreds. My faith says so.
This is what I love…the
dead coming alive in Christ- the savior redeeming a man.
God needed Justin.
Justin needed God.
Grace and Peace to
you in these moments…
Robby
