Friday, June 13, 2008

Diego: "You Have Chosen Well"

Holiday Inn Express Room 111 Madrid, Spain

You Have Chosen Well

It’s 009 here, which means it is nine minutes after midnight. I had tucked the boys in and laid down to sleep but my mind was still awake. After some time in prayer, I knew I must write what is on my heart. I got up to get the computer and Reid’s sweet voice sounded in the dark, “Mom, is it ok to ask God for supernatural things?”

“…how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!” Matthew 7:11

“Absolutely!” I replied “God delights in us asking for Him to pour out His best.” I couldn’t help but wonder what was on his mind. “Oh, I was just thinking about the security guard.” Funny, so was I.

Earlier that day we had left to go pick up our visas and the hotel staff had warned us we would need a special ticket on the metro to get there. When we entered the metro there was Diego, the security guard. In Spanish I asked for help and he got a lady to show us how to save money and get the special tickets. I turned to thank him and the words suddenly poured out of my mouth. I just began sharing with him about our mission trip and our call. He shared that he was a Christian and I asked if we could pray for him. He seemed surprised and yet delighted. I asked what he wanted us to ask of God for him.

You must know we have asked this question to almost every person we have prayed over. We have had a variety of answers, but mostly people ask for health or their work or maybe for their family.

Deigo didn’t have to think, he knew exactly what he wanted. He asked that he would learn more about God. The minute I understood his request, I knew God would answer him in a mighty way.

We prayed and I could see he was touched by God. I tried to translate for him what we had all prayed and we gave him one of our website bracelets (we are out of all other witnessing materials as of this writing) and one of the 5 remaining tracts we had in Spanish. As we walked away to catch the metro, I turned back to look at Diego. He was absorbing the tract we had given him.

The trip to and from the embassy took about three hours. I could not stop praying for Diego. The minute he was out of our sight, the words, “You have chosen well” kept running through my mind. It reminded me of King Solomon in the Book of 1 Kings when God tells Solomon to ask Him for anything and He will give it to him. Solomon asked for wisdom to rule God’s people.

The Lord was pleased that Solomon had asked for this. 1 Kings 3:10

After picking up our visas, we stopped at a store and found a children’s version of “read the Bible in a year” (it was the only version of a Bible they had). I bought it in hopes we could give it to Diego. Harrison had prayed for Diego to read his Bible more.

When we arrived back at our metro station, there he was. He was delighted to receive the Bible. I shared with him the word I felt God had given me about him that he had “chosen well”. As we left, again I turned to see Diego absorbing what we had given him.

When I asked Reid what he was thinking about concerning Diego, he said that he felt God was going to do something in him and it would be soon. I too have felt that all day. Please pray for Diego and stand in agreement with us that God will pour out His supernatural blessings upon him.

The rest of the Story….

We are supposed to be in Ghana. Obtaining our visas (for another country, not for Ghana) have been a difficult task and this morning I learned we would not be able to get to Ghana for two more days. I was frustrated and took it to the Lord. I got on my knees and prayed because I did not have a peace about staying in Madrid. “Lord, I am ready to go to Ghana, why do we need to stay here?” Although He did not answer me directly, I felt a burden to pray in the Spirit and I did. After a bit of time, my frustration left and I submitted to staying in Madrid until Saturday. Whether He needed to prepare me more or He had something else for us to do, I did not know. I simply knew He wanted us here.

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