Written by ExecAdmin
Tuesday, March 9th, 2010
Where's the Help key...Anybody?
Something happened to me today that validated my faith in such a way that my life will never be the same. Something kind of strange, weird if you will, but in a way was so divinely orchestrated that it could only be the fine tuned will of God that lead me and my wife down this path.
Earlier During the day me and my wife bantered about where we should go eat and when we should go, we did what we always do at this point what essentially is a big game of restaurant brainstorming we begin throwing out names and deciding if 1: are we willing to drive that far 2: Is this really worth the drive 3: will we regret this later! So we decided on a food joint and headed out, at this point more than half way there my wife says “wow, there’s lots of traffic we may be better off going to that other place instead” as the other side of the road was free and clear.(Stay with me I’m going somewhere)
Here we are, just about a block away from our original destination and I’m thinking logically(like a man..lol!) this new wild card idea makes no sense why not just keep going in slow traffic for a block and stick to the original plan? Strangely, without further thought I simply made a U-Turn heading now on a much longer journey than originally planned several miles out.
We finally arrive at our destination, my wife goes ahead to place our order, I stay behind to shift somethings around in the trunk. As I walked up to this restaurant, I see a lady sitting on a bench a few feet from the door, I almost walked by her, as her call to me was so subtle and shy through the pane glass door. At first I didn’t think that it was me she was calling to, but I peered around the door and asked her if it was me that she was calling to. As I walked up to her you could see the pain in her eyes, the sheer but brazen fear of swallowing your pride and asking a stranger for help. At first she held her hands close to her chest and whispered what sounded like “a little help…anything to help me?” I leaned in as I could hardly decipher what she was saying initially as her accent was strong, her voice low from the shame of asking a stranger for help, as I stepped closer I could now hear the pain in her voice as she repeated:
“a little help…anything to help me If it’s even a little food..anything?”
I said to her, I don’t have cash on me, but what I do have I will give to you, I walked inside and ordered her some food, told my wife what was happening and walked back outside and asked her “what happened, why and how are you in this current position…something happened, I’m here for you”. I’ve learned everyone has a story, it only takes someone to say to them, I’m here for you and am willing to listen, willing to let you cry on my shoulders. My shoulders are broad not because I’m some sort of he-man but because my shoulders are built on nothing less than God’s unwavering strength.
She began to pour out her soul, telling us how long she has been looking for work, how long she has walked these roads and asking for a job with no results. pointing to the countless number of business cards given to her with promises of a job opportunity only to find it was all just talk. At this point she extols that if its even to scrape the feces off someone’s lawn there, is no job too “low” as long as long as it is legitimate. In the midst of this she then said something surprising…something amazing, she says that she still “believes in God the almighty” and in agreement with me she confirms the goodness of God even in this her darkest hour.
Here, at the footstool of mercy this brave lady exercises her faith for the word says
“Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?”
She sat and was still, allowed God to show his faithfulness, there in faith as countless people passed her by she waited for God to meet her needs as he promised! For the last few years there’s a particular passage in Matthew that has been impressed upon my heart, it’s one of the reasons for starting this site, It’s with me and embedded a change in my life and though this woman wasn’t the first who that we’ve encountered and helped in a situation such as this, this woman was the apidamy of all that this passage spoke about, Jesus said
“35For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, 36I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’
37“Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? 38When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? 39When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’
40“The King will reply, ‘I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.’
And Yet I can’t help but wonder, what if I had chosen to go somewhere else today, what If I had chosen not to eat at this particular place. How was it that I was the one chosen today to help bring a little light into someone’s life on this day at this time and at this moment in their life?
Just think about it for a moment, this lady was at this spot for who knows how long, as person after person passed her, as she asked for food and a little help finding a Job. Meanwhile, miles away as me and my wife jostled about where were wanted to go for dinner and let’s not leave too late as it’s getting dark outside, all the while God had already decided where I was going, and when I would leave to meet this lady’s need in destiny and by divine appointment.
God knew this lady needed our help today, God knew she needed our ears to hear her problems and to confirm her faith with our encouragement that God has not forgotten her, rather, he sent us here today to help you in this moment, in this your darkest hour to prove to you that he is still here, that he hears and answers prayers. He didn’t send you someone who would judge you and give you food to eat while thinking “why can’t she get a job” Instead the Lord sent two people who he has broken, two people he had molded from emptiness of spirit, two people who were birthed of his grace and knows that each opportunity we’re presented, everything we’ve got, we got in the presence of God.
I’ve come today to remind you, to remind us all – -that, that homeless person you passed today on the street, that beggar that you refused, that person we looked down on today that may be less fortunate that me or you…Each time you leave them there when you’re in a position to help, each time you simply pass them by without so much of a glance, that’s Jesus that we leave hungry, It’s Jesus that we leave out in the cold. Slow down take a second look and you will see the God in these people…how much longer shall we pass them by?
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Walt Walker
ZionReborn.com
I know that the flowers fade, and the grass withers, but the word of the Lord shall stand forever(T.D. Jakes)
