Walk By Faith, Not By Sight

Today was yet another day where God proved to be so faithful. It's amazing how He can use us no matter where we're at in our spiritual walk, and no matter what our circumstances may be. What happened today was no different.

Yesterday towards the end of the school day, God started putting someone on my heart, as in to share a word with them (that God had given me). I tried catching the person after school, but after I'd gotten on the bus I realized that they did a sport, so I wasn't able to catch them. For the rest of the day and throughout all of today until I talked to this person, the spiritual warfare got pretty intense. There would be times where I'd get sick to my stomach and nervous, but other times where God's peace would be prominent. This morning was probably the slowest morning at school I have ever had. I wanted time to go faster, so I could talk to the kid--the suspense was killing me. Once lunchtime came around, I prayed, "God, if it's Your will, let me run into him at lunch." As I was walking to the cafeteria, I "so happened" (with God there are no coincidences) to turn just as the kid walked into a classroom. I walked straight there and walked in, and came upon him and his friend eating lunch at a table. I told them "hi" and the kid's friend responded back, but the situation felt kind of awkward so I ended up leaving (don't worry, the story's not over yet). I went to the choir room where a friend of mine was playing the piano, and it had been made pretty clear that I hadn't talked to him yet. In a way she kind of "rebuked" me (in an encouraging way though; don't get the wrong idea, haha), which was what I needed. (I thanked her later for it.) So before I'd even taken one bite of my lunch, I went back to where the classroom was, but I stayed outside and paced for a while, praying as the spiritual warfare continued. Eventually God gave me the courage to go in, so I opened the door, walked in, and said, "Hey, can we talk outside for a second?"
"Sure," he said. So we went outside the classroom and here's where God took over. I won't say what the word was that I got for him, just for personal reasons and privacy. After I got done telling him the word I'd gotten, he responded, "Thanks for the word... I'll be thinking about it."
He walked back into the classroom, and I went back to tell Makayla the good news of what God had just done. The awesome thing about it was that all the doubts and things that the enemy was trying to tell me obviously weren't true. In my head I was imagining what it'd be like if I'd gotten a bad response, but God totally worked it all out for the good. Over the past few days I (as well as many others) have been praying that God would open up his heart, and that he would see God's love above anything else. And I believe that that's what happened today.
I titled this blog "Walk By Faith, Not By Sight" because that pretty much sums up what happened--it took faith and boldness to share God's Word with someone. In the natural, it looked like a bad and awkward situation, but in the spiritual, God knew exactly what He was doing. I believe that a seed was definitely planted, and I can't wait to see what the future holds for this kid. I know that God has huge plans for his life, and it'll just be cool to see what happens. God is good... all the time. All the time... God is good. And to Him be all the glory.

"Let your work be shown to your servants, and your glorious power to their children. Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us, and establish the work of our hands upon us; yes, establish the work of our hands!" - Psalm 90:16-17 (ESV)

"So we are always of good courage. We know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord, for we walk by faith, not by sight." - 2 Corinthians 5:6-7

"The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?" - Psalm 27:1

Father God, I thank You that Your glory was shown today. I thank You that You are still faithful, even when we are not. Continue to move in my life and others' lives around me. Let us be a light to those that may not know You, and let us stand in boldness and in love. Let us love others as You first loved us. In Jesus' Name, Amen.