Never take any opportunity for granted.

I’ve learned to take the ministry opportunities that God gives me seriously.  I went to Boston this week for a few days to do some street evangelism.  I was walking to the coffee shop down the street to get out of the cold for a few minutes.  On the way, I was stopped by an elderly guy that asked me if I was with the group that was doing the evangelism.  I told him that he was and he proceeded to tell me that many people have told him that Jesus loves him, but he didn’t believe it.  I talked to him for a few minutes and got to pray with him.  By the end of the prayer we were both in tears.  When he walked away, I could see a difference in the way that he carried himself.  I like to think that what God did through me in those few minutes may have changed that man’s life for the better.  I really think that the moments when God asks us to connect with individuals are critical moments in our lives.  For a time, whether it be a few seconds or a few minutes, God places that person’s eternity in your hands.  I think we overlook that, or maybe we just don’t see it that way.  Whatever the case may be, we need to realize that we are being given an immense responsibility.  The reality is that when we pass up these opportunities, we’re not only passing up a chance for God to work in that person, we’re passing up a chance for God to stretch us and build us up through the experience.

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