So there is ABSOLUTELY no better feeling in the world than hearing from God and doing as told. Seriously! I know people talk about illegal substances, adrenaline rushes, etc., but God is really the best high out there. So what the heck am I talking about? Weeeelllll….about 30min ago I stalked a young lady into her driveway and it was one of the best experiences of my life!
I got out of class about 30min late which clearly was imperative to this meeting. (sidenote: I've learned long ago to not get annoyed about delays. I've missed accidents, been at the exact right place at the exact right time to help someone, avoided tickets, etc. all because someone/thing disrupted my plans) I'm driving to my friend's house who I stay with on Fridays and jammin' to K-Love. It hits me that I've never expressly put my credit card issue (trying to figure out how those payments will be covered while away) into God's hand. So I send up a quick prayer just letting Him know that I trust Him with everything including this and have no doubts that He's already worked it out.
I'm about 1min away from the house and I notice this red SUV in front of me with "JESUS" and "Alpha Omega" in Greek lettering on the back window. Instantly my spirit says "Follow them." I'm like WHOA WAIT HUH?!?! It's dark, it's late, this is a creepy dark backroad….but aaight God I will. I'm following them and my flesh is like "okay I'mma give this 2min and if they don't turn or stop I'm going to turn around." Immediately I knew that was wrong so I apologized and just decided to listen. I follow for about 3min and then they turn- INTO A DRIVEWAY! I had a second of hesitation like "Yo I'm going to freak this person out following them into their home!!!!!", but I went on ahead and turned up the driveway.
I pull up beside them and roll my window down. Clearly, she's super freaked out and wondering who this stranger is, but after after like 30secs she rolls down her window. At this point I have NO idea why God told me to follow or what I'm supposed to say/do. So I ask about the stuff in her back window and if the car is hers. She seems very confused and out of sorts. She gets out her car to look at her window thinking something is wrong with it.
Something about her is just SO calming and peaceful to me. Then my heart starts racing, I am tearing up and my spirit is screaming for me to ask her to pray for me and to
inform her that her prayers are really powerful. Something tells me that she and those
around her absolutely need to be a part of my prayer team as I
embark on this journey. I hesistate to say/ask though.
She explains to me that she got the car from a church member and that she was afraid when I followed her because she is home alone since her dad is at church service. I make small talk about how cool it was to see that, etc. but my spirit is still like "uhhhh c'mon tell her." So I just say it-
"I would really love if you could pray for me. Something tells me your prayers are really powerful."
She looks at me shocked and then repeats "my prayers are powerful?" I tell her absolutely and explain briefly about my mission trip, that I'm leaving soon and how important it is for me to know the right folks are covering me in prayer. I tell her that that when God tells me to do something I generally try to do it and this was one of those things. She is looking at me bewildered, but says the most encouraging things with the most supportive face and she agrees to pray for me. She also said she will tell her church family about this. It just felt right.
At this point we introduce ourselves and she notices my station is tuned to K-Love and says she loves it too! I give her my support letter and business card. We finally exchange names and handshakes. She says "God bless you" and that she will definitely pray for me. I thank her and pull off.
WHAAAATTTTT?!?!?!?!?!! Yo this God thing is CRAZY BEAUTIFUL! As I pull away I just bust out in tears because my spirits is so incredibly light and happy! There's is NOTHING better than following God y'll- NOTHING!
QoTM:
“Our only hope as a species is for a deep transformation of worldview and values that extends to our institutions and systems—in short, a spiritual renewal that motivates people to join with others to work for peace and to seek justice for all creation. Is such change possible? No one knows, but we can choose to step out in faith. In the words of Walter Wink: ‘The image of God, so near to extinction under the suffocating terrors of civilization, still holds out the possibility of change. We will never build a utopia on earth—but will we take that one gigantic,
necessary step out of the system of power into a system of human values? The whole creation
is on tiptoe, waiting’” -Sharon Delgado, Shaking the Gates of Hell
SoTM (it's a repeat, but it's so fitting!):
