Following Where He Leads

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.

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.