Feeling a burden for others around me
Today, I felt a slight burden for one of the staff members that I met at a store. I felt like his work situation and life circumstances may be a bit tough. It wasn’t a Word of Knowledge yet, but it was the start of something. If I had the courage to start speaking to him, I think I would have received more and been able to continue conversing with him, as the Lord led. In another store, I felt led to speak to an older staff lady. She happened to be friendly and open to conversation. I did feel impressed to ask if she were Singaporean, but shied away from that because I didn’t feel it could be an apt moment to ask. She ended up asking me that question instead and that opened up the conversation. I learnt from these 2 experiences to not think too much and just “go”. I could trust my gut instinct, and Holy Spirit impressions. Even if I make a mistake, the most is I would receive is a rejection to continue speaking. Nothing too bad would happen. If I were bold however, I could get to the point of sharing Christ. I felt encouraged that sensing the Spirit is getting easier and I’m becoming a little more sensitive.
Sometimes we reap, sometimes we Sow.
A group of 4 of us were looking for potential “treasures”. A conversation naturally emerged with a lady at a shopping mall. Someone noticed a cross tattoo on her finger and felt she could be a believer. That opened up the way for us to speak about God. As a team, we showed her care and had natural conversation. Eventually, she opened up to talk to us more about spiritual matters, and allowed us to pray for her a second time, in spite of previously having been prayed for by another group of Christians. The earlier group had paved the way for us. In this case, we got to reap but in other instances, we may be the ones to Sow. We could have been the earlier group. Whatever the outcome, it’s just important that we are obedient. It was encouraging how God used different people and our unity to fulfil His work and to share His love.