Last week we had a team of students, mostly high school juniors, from Australia work with us at English Hour on Campus. They did a great job but there's one story that stands out.
One of the girls was talking with a guy that has been coming around for almost 3 months. He's a student in our English classes, and also came to our summer English Camp. I noticed at one point the girl had her Bible in her hand (which is unusual for English Hour) and later noticed a few people gathered around praying for him (also not the norm). Later the girl from the team shared some of their conversation with me (probably because I asked).
This guy knew about Jesus and had even made a decision recently at Church, but was really struggling with what he really believed, the Buddhism he grew up with or this Christianity he was hearing about. But he then said that he knew God had spoken to him and although he had prayed, given gifts, and burned inscense to Buddha, Buddha had never spoken to him. Which is why that day he said, despite his struggle to believe, he wanted to follow Jesus. That's why those people were gathered around, praying for him in the middle of campus.
To add to the coolness of that story, I was out on campus with the team praying the day before this happened. While praying near the campus idol I remember praying the following:
God I thank you that unlike man made gods, you're a God who speaks, listens, and reaches out to people.
That's exactly what he had been doing for my friend.
God desires for people to know him and have relationship with him far more than I do. Its nice to be reminded that God works through us, beyond us, and sometimes in spite of us.
Sunday, October 12, 2008
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