Not a Coincidence - A Miracle

There are times when the Lord does something can not be explained other than IT WAS HIM! Logic can not explain it, it has to be attributed to the hand of God. I call these moments - miracles.

Let me share with you a miracle that happened on my way to outreach. In the outreach bags that we give, we always leave a card  with a number that offers prayer - something simple, nothing flashy or alarming. So, this number on our cards offers a way out, if one so chooses to take it. This is what happened on the 8th. I was reaching the destination of our meeting place and I received a text asking for prayer. Nothing more, just "I need prayer." I wanted to respond instead of after outreach, so I texted back that I would pray and I sent an encouraging word.

After parking, moments later, my boss who had arrived before me knocked on my car and with kindness asked if I would assist him in praying for a woman in her car that seemed distraught and was having a hard conversation on the phone with a guy. I said yes, and we walked up to this woman's car with another volunteer and asked if she would like to join us in prayer. To our wonderful surprise, she immediately hung up the phone and stepped out for prayer. She told us about her situation and that she was in danger, and we prayed with her.

What we discovered moments later, brought tears to this woman's eyes. As she began to share in more details about her situation, she told us that she had just texted a number to ask for prayer. Little did she know, I was that person. As she took her phone out to show us, I realized that in fact - the woman standing before us was the woman who texted me on my drive to this exact location. When she realized that the Lord not only answered her prayer but brought us straight to her, she just wept. She opened up a little more about her situation and we were able to tell her what we do as a nonprofit. She was in awe!

We were beyond amazed at our God. This was not a coincidence, this was a miracle. The Lord was doing two things. He was reminding this beautiful woman, that He sees her and that He hears her prayers. He was encouraging us that this ministry is producing fruit. To harvest the fields can be tiring but when the Lord strengthens you in these ways, we as a body of Christ can look to Him and know that each seed planted, each watered ground has not been wasted. It is then that we can stand back and trust with our whole hearts that God, as He has promised - He will indeed bring the increase!

Our Lord Jesus is vast - He represents the lion and the lamb. He represents innocence and wisdom. It is not one or the other, it is both. I am fully convinced that as we go into dark places as lambs we have standing behind us the lion of Judah - WHO IS an all consuming fire!

I share this story as a testament to God's faith, but also as a push to keep going - to keep plowing the fields and planting seeds. For it is not you who does this alone, but it is the power of the Holy Spirit inside of you that gives you the ability to keep going especially in the face of adversity.