It is May 24th
and today I had a day off from the set ministries that my team and I are
currently involved with here in Newcastle. Since the sun was out I thought I
would enjoy it. So I asked God where He would recommend for my day off as I had
a number of different ideas and He suggested I head to Whitley Bay. So I went
and got myself a ticket for the metro and went to the platform to wait. A man
followed me onto the platform and asked the guy I was standing next to a
question. He then looked straight at me and turned and quickly moved to the
other end of the platform. I felt
very strongly that I needed to ask the man if he had met Jesus. So I got on the
train and went and sat next to him, again he looked right at me and before I could
say anything he got up and moved to the other end of the carriage. So I sat
there and prayed for him wandering what to do. I had heard him say to someone
else that he was going to Whitley Bay, so I decided to be patient and wait till
we got off to talk to him.
He decided that he
would get off 5 stops later, only halfway to Whitley, So I quickly asked God
and felt I should follow him. So I jumped up and got off the train just as the
warning tones started to tell people the doors were closing. He was already off
the station at this point, so I ran after him and when I caught up with him
asked him straight up if he had met Jesus. He looked shocked and then told me
no he had not. Then he told me all about everything he was suffering from and
about his painful past. He had a number of mental instabilities such as
bi-polar, paranoid schizophrenia, learning difficulties etc (I will not put it
all down, it was quite a lot). When he finished I told him that Jesus could
heal him and take that pain away, so he started to list it all again, and
ramble. I simply said in the name of Jesus and he fell silent, at which point I
was able to ask him his name and if I could pray with him, to which he said
yes.
After I had prayed
with him he managed to role up a cigarette and get his third match to light it.
As he managed to get it lit he suddenly stopped and dropped it on the floor and
simply said I need to go. In that moment something in his face changed and he
walked off. I headed back to the station and continued onto the beach and had
an amazing relaxing day in the sun.
I realised today that
being open and obedient, even if it seems crazy, releases so much of the
blessings of the kingdom. When I stepped out in faith I had no idea what was
going to happen, I was expecting him to tell me to get lost, but God showed up
and blessed both him and me. God is pretty amazing, I did not see radical
things change on the spot, but I am ok with that. As long as I am trying to
live my life in obedience to what God is asking that is enough. At the end of
the day my responsibility is to do what God is asking of me, what happens after
that is his.
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