It was July 31st, 2018 and I was on an airplane going from South Africa to France. It was late and I remember the Lord waking me up from my sleep several times that night just reminding me of different truths He had taught me during my time in Zambia, Africa.
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Let me back up for a minute. I had just spent the entire month of July with a team of 7 people in Livingstone, Zambia and I was pretty excited to get home, but also extremely sad to know that I was about to say goodbye to all these friends I had just made over the course of the past month.
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ANYWAYS.. I was in the plane, sleeping, when I was woken up by the sounds of people in the back of the plane. All the flight attendants were back there and there was a girl with them who I knew from another team who had said they had just spent 2 months in South Africa. The Flight attendants seemed to be taking care of her as if she was sick with something. I decided against doing anything and tried to fall back asleep but the Lord spoke to me in that moment.
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“Nathan, I want you to go back there and talk to her and pray for healing. I’ll supply.”
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Terrified I went to the back of the plane and began to talk to this person who I didn’t know. She said she had food poisoning (which is never good on a plane) and that she had been back there for a few hours. We talked for a few minutes and then I prayed for healing. I walked back to my seat without any type of supernatural encounter where the sky came down and she immediately jumped up not sick at all. She was still sick, but I stepped out in faith.
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As I walked back to my seat I felt 1. Dumb and 2. like I didn’t do anything. When sat down in my seat the Lord said to me “Nathan, your step of faith may have not been to have a supernatural encounter with my healing power. But rather, it was a moment for you to see the beauty of a moment.”
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I now look back 9ish months later fascinated and pulled in to immense emotional vulnerability at that moment. Nothing insane happened (besides the Lord speaking to me but that should be normal). It was just this beautiful moment. The Lord wanted me to have that moment and keep it whenever life would get difficult. Something to look back on and see that He hasn’t given up. He still shows me incredible things. And He wants to bring me through more.
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The girl ended up going back to her seat about an hour later feeling, to what I could see, much better than before. And when we got off the plane I never saw her again.
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If you are reading this I think the Lord has a moment set up for you. A moment of beauty that will give you joy. That will break you down to tears at the beauty of the Lord. That will push you to keep going through whatever is going on. All you need to do is listen for the Lord to tell you where to go and what to say and He creates the beauty of a moment.
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-Nathan
