Some weird things have been happening lately.
Not weird like plates falling off the shelves or doors closing without warning - that's movie type weird.
Weird like feeling such a heavy burden in my heart for the orphanage that I stop everything, mid getting dressed and ready for work, and just drop to my knees and pray for 15 minutes.
Weird like having a huge burden for a girl and a few days later having the sheer joy of leading her to the Lord.
Weird like praying for a friend, for a situation that within our eyes looked absolutely finished, closed - and then finding out that in fact there was an opening!
Just weird...
And then tonight...
Tonight I sat here wanting to blog. Wanting to get back into the mode of writing, recording thoughts, sharing daily life and reaching out to others.
But...total blank. Nothing coming. No thoughts to put down. No wonderous revelation.
And I looked at the clock and it said, "9:59".
9:59
9:59 p.m.
Hmm...I grabbed my Bible and wondered, "What could be written in every 9th chapter, 59th verse?"
Genesis...nothing
Exodus...nope, no 9:59
Leviticus: blank
Numbers...none there either
And so it went, on down the line...following my new silver and white Bible tabs...
searching, looking...chapter 9, verse 59...
nothing!
nothing!
nothing!
"Ok, maybe I am crazy. Maybe God wasn't using the clock to grab my attention."
But on I went...
Matthew...
Mark...
Luke...
and then...
John 9:59
"He said to another man, 'Follow me!' But the man replied, 'Lord, first let me go and bury my father!"
HOLY SMOKES! (sorry if that is a replacement word, but wow!")
WEIRD...
You see, Christ is speaking here. Literally in the red letters in the Bible to the man, and literally to ME!
"FOLLOW ME!"
Right now Jen!
Don't get caught up in grief over your father! Don't cling to the idea that you will follow once your kids are older, or once your finances are better, or once you're more settled in your career.
DO IT NOW!
Follow me now!
Don't delay. Don't hesitate. Don't stall!
Just follow!
John 9:59
The only chapter 9, verse 59 in the entire Bible!
Now that's a message!
Love this. Just finished reading "Not a Fan" by Kyle Idleman. Talks about the same thing. And I giggled when I saw the "DO IT NOW"...made me think of Aunty Marie.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the reminder....just follow him. No excuses allowed.