6.19.2004
Seizing Your Divine Moment
I was riding in the passenger's seat of the car when we stopped at a traffice light. That's when I saw him. Sitting in a wheel chair, legs propped into position against the foot rests, leaning forward against his elbows, hands folded together, chin against his hands, eyes closed, and face upward in prayer....
He was a beggar who might have been staging a pose so that someone passing by would feel pitty and hand out some cash. I don't know, and I don't care. I do know that the Spirit prompted me to get out of the car, run to him, and give him what I had in my billfold. Something.
I have passed-up probably a million chances to do the same thing but, on this particular day, the Spirit said, "You have to go to him. Help him." So, I did.
Not every divine opportunity will create a new ministry or organization, but that really isn't the point. Every divine opportunity is born out of the power to do good. The fuel of doing good can range from passion to compassion to a commitment to serve others. The Scriptures provoke us to do good toward others when it is in our power to do so. And sometimes a simple act of grace toward another human being becomes the window through which God pulls us into His future for us. While God never promises that we'll know everything about the future, or even that we'll live without mystery in the present, He does promise that we can live life to the fullest.
God clarifies in the midst of obedience, not beforehand.
He was a beggar who might have been staging a pose so that someone passing by would feel pitty and hand out some cash. I don't know, and I don't care. I do know that the Spirit prompted me to get out of the car, run to him, and give him what I had in my billfold. Something.
I have passed-up probably a million chances to do the same thing but, on this particular day, the Spirit said, "You have to go to him. Help him." So, I did.
Not every divine opportunity will create a new ministry or organization, but that really isn't the point. Every divine opportunity is born out of the power to do good. The fuel of doing good can range from passion to compassion to a commitment to serve others. The Scriptures provoke us to do good toward others when it is in our power to do so. And sometimes a simple act of grace toward another human being becomes the window through which God pulls us into His future for us. While God never promises that we'll know everything about the future, or even that we'll live without mystery in the present, He does promise that we can live life to the fullest.
God clarifies in the midst of obedience, not beforehand.
