Where will You Find Yourself Today?
Where will You Find Yourself Today?
But Philip found himself at Azotus. Acts 8:40
If you walk with God long enough, you’ll eventually have days that you’ll find yourself in a place where you originally had no intention of going.
Philip was miraculously transported by God’s Spirit from one location to another. That’s never happened to me, but I have found myself in places where, if you have told me at the beginning of the day that I would be there, I wouldn’t have believed you.
For instance:
One time I found myself talking to a class of “at risk” high school kids in a public school, answering questions about the Gospel. An hour before it wasn’t even on my radar.
One time I found myself praying over a severely injured man in an E.R, after I had helped keep him alive when I witnessed his car wreck.
One time I found myself praying for the President of the United States in the Rose Garden of the White House.
One year ago I found myself on Fox News answering questions about Satan and evil on the day of and only moments after I had learned about the tragic Sandy Hook shootings.
Earlier this week I found myself on Mt. Bonnell in Austin talking with a woman I didn’t know about her concerns for her son’s emotional condition.
If you walk with God and if you listen to his Spirit, then there are going to be days when God taps you on the shoulder and basically says. “I need you over here right now,” and you’ll find yourself in a place that was nowhere on your radar at the start of your day.
Those days will be some of the most exhilarating of your life, as you’ll get to comfort someone, pray for someone, rescue someone, feed someone or encourage someone that you might have otherwise never known.
Start your day today by telling the Lord that you are available. Tell your Lord that you are on duty, ready to be used and girded for action. Then, be ready. You may be surprised at where you end up.
*There will be no Wake Up Calls December 23-January 3. They will resume Monday, January 6.
