God At Work

What a privilege I had last Sunday to pray with a young lady and lead her in accepting Christ…and the most amazing thing was that I had absolutely nothing to do with it. It was a lay person in our church who (at a rather inopportune time) asked me if this girl could come to the altar and pray. He had been doing the work…he had made her aware of her need for a relationship with Jesus…he had shared with her the love of God…he had even invited her to the altar! It would have been so easy for me to blow the moment off, but the Spirit told me to meet her there…then God so graciously allowed me to be a part of that joyful moment. He could have even done this without me, but he followed the Spirit and did not. Yes, God is good all the time, even when we aren’t mindful of His goodness! So now I am wondering how often have I blown off the Spirit and missed a moment like that? How often have I stuck to my agenda instead of being flexible enough to follow God? How often are we too busy to see the need or listen to the Holy Spirit? The only response I have is too often. If we miss one single opportunity to follow the Spirit’s lead…whether it is planting seeds or harvesting the crop, we’ve missed the boat! We are out of God’s will…perhaps not far out, but out is out. And when I am out of God’s will, I find I soon try to justify my position and test myself to see if I can go it alone…that is one place I never want to be (again)!