You never know where you'll end up when
you're following the Holy Spirit. As we continue to go out and share Christ's love with women on the street we are continually reminded of our dependence on God and His guidance.
The last several times we've gone out to share Jesus with women on the streets, we have felt that there were one or two specific women we were supposed to talk to. One night, God gave two of us on the team a picture of specifically where we were to go. He also gave another team member a picture of a blue dress. Naturally, we assumed that we were to go to that place and talk to a woman in a blue dress. Well we were wrong...kind of.
The last several times we've gone out to share Jesus with women on the streets, we have felt that there were one or two specific women we were supposed to talk to. One night, God gave two of us on the team a picture of specifically where we were to go. He also gave another team member a picture of a blue dress. Naturally, we assumed that we were to go to that place and talk to a woman in a blue dress. Well we were wrong...kind of.
We got to the location, walked in
confidently, and found a small room of slot machines The only
people in this place were men. A little confused, we walked out. As
we exited the place, we saw a woman standing on the corner of an
alley. She was wearing a blue dress. Aha! She's the one we should
talk to. As we approached her and struck up a conversation, we could
tell she was not having it. We were interrupting her night and making
her lose potential business. However her friend was willing to
talk. Then after a few minutes she wanted us to go with her into a
bar. So we followed her there. After a series of conversations and being led from
one group of women to another we found ourselves on the “patio”
of this bar, speaking with two women. We naturally divided the
conversation and got into more personal one on one conversations. I was able to share with one woman how God had changed my life. She had struggled with similar doubts, fears, and lies. My friend was able to pray in a meaningful way with the other woman.
We don't know the fruit of those
conversations and times of prayer. We don't necessarily know how God used that time to
affect those women. That's not our place. Jesus never promises us
that we will see fruit from what He asks us to do, but he does
promise that His Word will not return void. We are simply to follow
where He leads, which often times does not look like what we thought
it would.
