Matthew 7:9-11 NLT
“You parents—if your children ask for a loaf of bread, do you give them a stone instead? Or if they ask for a fish, do you give them a snake? Of course not! So if you sinful people know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give good gifts to those who ask him.
Earlier today, as my team and I was about to travel to San Jose, I asked God to bless the free time that I had in San Jose and that he would use it for ministering and loving others. I essentially prayed for a divine appointment with someone who I did not know or even knew existed. Now, a divine appointment is basically what it sounds like. The definition can literally be summed up into “a meeting with someone that needs to hear about God, or needs to hear from Him.” And sure enough, I had one.
For the month of March, and February as well, internet has been difficult to find, so free internet is practically unheard of. Now that my squad and I are at a hostel with free internet, I felt that then would have been the best time to write a blog detailing my amazing month of Costa Rica. However, once I went to sit down, a woman sat next to me and was marveled at the size of my squad. Knowing that I was a member in the squad, she asked, “Wow! There is a lot of people. Who are you all?” And just like that, a conversation began to start regarding The World Race.
From our talk starting with the World Race, we got into a discussion of why I was on it and who God really was. In time, another squad member would join in on the discussion, at my plea, and from there we began to talk about a lot more than just why we as a squad had booked the hostel that she always loved to visit. We talked about a wide variety of things but the biggest question that she asked was how we could make the claim as to how we could have the gall to claim that the Christian beliefs were right and how everyone else was wrong. You gotta admit, these are valid claims. My answer was because of the fact that I had the Holy Spirit.
The Holy Spirit this month has really been everything that the Bible said He would be. He has been an advocate (John 14:16), my source of truth (John 14:17), and my teacher (1 Corinthians 2:13). He has also been my comforter, my friend, and my love. It feels almost as if God was using this entire past month to teach me about the Holy Spirit, just for this moment.
As I told her about the Holy Spirit, I told her about my testimony in regards to getting on The Race and also as to what happened at Training Camp as well. As I told her about these moments, it was like I was ministering to myself honestly. As the words left my mouth, I was reminded that God never leaves, nor will He ever.
Sadly the conversation came to an end via a phone call telling her that her ride was outside and so before she left I asked her for her email so that we could keep in touch.
Honestly, I do not know what this young woman needs pray for. However, just because we do not what a person needs, that does not mean that you just stop praying for a person. As I close this blog, I want to be bold and ask you all to pray for this young woman, who I feel I shouldn’t name. Take a moment of your time and pray for what you think she might need whether that be her student loan bills or family. It’s time for all of ya to do some Listening Prayer. Pray as if she was your daughter, sister, mother, or friend. Even though you may not know what she needs prayer for, know that God does.
