I never thought the words I want to buy her would come out of my mouth but that is exactly what came out when I walked into the bar one night.
My team mate and I were doing bar ministry in the red light district one night. We came upon a lady sitting down at a bar talking to a man.
The Lord told us that is where we needed to be so we stopped. As soon as we sat down, her attention went from the man that was sitting there to us. He began to glare at us and you could see the anger welling up inside of him. He wanted her and he thought she was going to be his for the night.
In that moment I wanted to buy her for the night. I wanted to take her away from the man that sat staring at her and waiting for us to leave. I wanted so badly to take her out of where she was. I wanted to protect her and love her. I wanted her to leave and find freedom. I wanted her to realize her worth and potential.
That wasn’t God’s plan though. He had me there for a couple of hours and that was all. My heart was broken and I didn’t understand at first.
We sat with this lady and listened to her story, heard about her kids, her mother, where she was from, her dreams, and what her life looked like. We heard about how and why she was where she was.
I honestly don’t know where she is now or what she is doing. All I know is that for those two hours we spoke truth over her and interceded in prayer. We prayed the Lord would reveal her worth in a mighty way and His goodness to her in an even mightier way.
I realized at the end of the day I didn’t need to buy her and no matter what I do, it will never be enough. She was already bought at a high price through the blood of Jesus and that is more than enough.
