Am here at McDonalds at 2401 Augusta Rd Columbia SC getting ready to do some more searches and bids for my plane ticket to the Philippines and I overheard a conversation that a couple of girls were having that were sitting two tables away from me. I wish that so many of my friends (at least the ones that don’t believe) understood what it was like to be led or prompted by the Holy Spirit to do something. Because as I was sitting here I could not help but to look over at them a look for a moment of eye contact where I could talk about what God had taught me.
I found out that one of the girls was the daughter of a minister and she was explaining to her friend how baptism did not matter and how other denominations were all fine and were all the same as long as you believed in Jesus.
I didn’t have any desire to correct them at all, I don’t think that was the desire that Christ taught us to have anyhow. What I did have instead was the desire to teach them about what was right. So I asked them questions; questions about the scriptures and questions about Christ. I asked them “What was Jesus religion?” and “What was the religion on the Apostles, the first followers that Jesus called?”. And from the answers that they gave I could tell that my questions prompted them to want to look into the scriptures more; which was exactly what I encouraged them to do.
I also reminded them of all the different “religions” that are out there (not that I believe Christianity is a “religion”) that Jesus is the only one that had substantial proof that he rose from the dead and because of that and many other weighty proofs we should pay very close attention to what he said and did.
There is a little more that happened, and the who encounter only lasted five minutes before they had to go. But I am grateful for this and many hundreds of opportunities that God has given me over the years. I pray that God will continue to show me what his love is so I will be lead to care for others more deeply whether that care is spreading mortar and stacking blocks to build a home, feeding those that are hungry, or speaking about what God leads me to say.
