I was talking with a friend who called from California just the other day about Haiti when he told me that he felt the Spirit urging him to bring a team to help with our work in Texas. WE spoke about it briefly. Even talked about a time from, January. Martie and I would love to see him and the folks he brings with them again. They are like family as are people from other states who have joined us in our work in the past.
The next day, I visited a home and listened to the homeowner as she described what needed to be done and why things were the way they were after 2 years. The effects of the disaster on a home are obvious, but I always ask the Lord to show me the effects of a disaster on the homeowners which are not so obvious. It was clear that this homeowner was trying to persevere, but was heart weary.
As it turns out, the husband is a firefighter – working three jobs actually – just to make ends meet. And guess what, my friend from California is also a fire fighter and an expert builder. Were the call and the visit a coincidence, I don’t believe they were. I believe they were a “God-incidence”, something that was brought together by God not some stochastic event – like the roll of the dice.
God weaves a web of relationships that is improbable and, more likely, impossible for man to orchestrate. When I meet people, I always ask the Lord ― “Why am I meeting them?” I can’t see very far down the path He has me on ― but I know that some of the people I meet along the way will play a part in my journey and my mission which is to point people to Jesus.
I believe that the Holy Spirit works at “both ends of the stick” at the same time. If He is leading, then He is also preparing hearts to agree that “This is the way” (Isaiah 30:21). If we look at people as the source of our provision, we are looking too low. We must look to the hills! (Psalm 121)
There are no coincidences in the life of a Saint. God is always at work, all around you. The question is, “Can you see Him at work?” Even in the mundane, simple things, God is at work.
Very often we think of Romans 8:28 in terms of bad things happening, and God making something good out of them. Well, that would not be “all” things now, would it? Be on the alert, Christian. There is a reason you meet who you meet, for things to happen the way that they happen. God is weaving all of those life events into a beautiful tapestry for His glory and our good. Meeting people is primarily not for your benefit, but for God’s purposes. God is amazing, the original multi-tasker. Having trouble seeing how God can use anything that happens to you? If you are born again, you are now walking in a new reality, a spiritual reality. You need to have spiritual perspective and understanding. That does not come by magic but by maturity.
Like Paul wanting all the Saints to walk in a manner worthy of their calling, I share this encouragement with you:
“For this reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God” ― Colossians 1:9-10
I can hardly wait to see what the next thing is that God is going to do, how about you?
By Faith Alone By His Grace Alone And For His Glory Alone
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