Giving up my own Agenda
By Robert -- Wine Press reader
The other day after taking Word time, I asked the Lord what was next. I had planned to get a little getaway time at a park this past holiday. I took a little lunch, my reading materials, my notebooks and pens and was very much looking forward to some personal meditation time.
I left my building and a block away a young man stopped to ask me how to get to a certain address. I gave him a Daniel 2 tract and pointed him on his way and rushed off to the train to get to the park and my plans for the afternoon.
On the way to the train, the Lord asked me, “What were the odds that that young gentleman would meet you right on that corner after having received the wrong instructions on getting to his destination?”
I protested, “Lord I gave him a tract!” The Lord replied, “You could have given him more than that, but you were too focused on doing what you wanted to do!”
As I arrived to the subway I was hurting inside, holding back tears knowing that I passed up a golden opportunity the Lord laid in my path. I knew what I had to do without any spoken words from the Lord. I remembered the address this boy was going to so I retraced my steps and started my way to where this boy was going, hoping to get another chance to talk with him. The entire trip there I was weeping inside and begging the Lord for another chance.
Just as I arrived to my destination this gentleman walked out of the door. Inside I sighed a deep sigh of relief that the Lord let me meet him again. This boy was amazed to see me in that spot, so I told him, “I came back looking for you.” I apologized to him for not having taken more time with him when I first saw him, but I needed to share a special message with him.
We spoke for about an hour as we walked back toward the subway. It turned out he was recently saved, but because of the weak samples of the Lord’s love around him he was beginning to wonder if it were a valid experience.
I gave him a mini-salvation class and he just loved the Word. He absorbed every verse he read and was so thankful for it.
He received the Activated magazines I had with me and we exchanged phone numbers. I don’t know what the Lord has in store for him but it was a very special meeting and I pray for him to grow in Him.
This was such an important lesson to me on how I cannot be so attached to my own agenda, even if it is a good one. It’s amazing how sometimes the good can be an enemy of the best.
