Friday, July 18, 2008
"Do not let your heart be troubled. Trust in God , trust also in me." (John 14:1)
Sometimes I felt spiritually dried. My spirit did not seem to sense God's presence. I did not ask God to revealed to me as I am not used to doing that.
However, during Wednesday morning devotion, when I told my colleagues about how I witnessed God preserved a man's life, I could not help but kept tearing as I shared. This is because I have seen how God works in this young man who is 21 year old. After hearing the sharing, my colleague said this indeed was a God's divine appointment that I did the home visit on tuesday evening. It was God who sent me there, to talk to this young man to stop him from doing silly thing. I arranged the home visit only through his mother. I was not informed by any officer or his aunt that I must do the home visit. On that day, the young man had already prepared two letters, one for his mother and the other for his girlfriend. Another amazing thing was, I did not have the intention to bring my new bible, which was given to me by my mentor. However, I handed the bible to this young man as he did not mind reading the bible. During the sharing, I encouraged him to read it in order to understand who this God is.
On Wednesday afternoon, another client told me that she started to read the English bible on her own. She realised she could not solve her marital problem by her own wisdom. Interestingly, she (a China National) humbled herself and wanted to find help from God. She prayed to God and finally she got to attend a church a few times. She sensed that Christians are different from people of different faiths. She mentioned before she left the centre that "the more she reads the bible, the more she believes in what it says." This reminded me of Jesus quote "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." (John 14:6). She requestd a Chinise bible from me before she left.
Today when talking to the 3rd client on the phone, she told me she finally realised no man could help her overcome her problem. She had chosen to turn to God and attended church service regularly. She started to get to know this God. She was feeling spiritually weak for past few days and had not been reading the bible or had devotion. However, she confessed that today's call was God planned so that she was encouraged and she gave glory to God.
I cannot help but to share these three events that happened on Tuesday, Wednesday and today. God has revealed His love and grace to the people whom he loves.
Lord, help me to trust in you at all times. Do not let my heart be troubled.
Janice
@ 11:59 PM
