Sunday, December 2, 2007

God is so GOOD

So I know that many of you must have been praying for me as warriors yesterday. New York was a blast and God is so faithful in ways that I never look for and do not expect. We walked a ton and saw many exciting places. We got turned around at one point which at first I thought to my self "what a pain in the butt". Then God reminded me just how big He is and how He knows exactly what He is doing.
So we get almost to the bay to look at Lady Liberty and we walked about twenty minutes in the wrong direction. Like I said I was aggravated, but once we got there God showed me what I needed to see to get me through the rest of the day. In the glory of His creation I got to see the sun going down behind the Statue of Liberty. In my timing I would have missed this, in His timing He showed me how amazing His artistry is. The picture is going to be on face book, go check it out.
We then went to Rockefeller Centre with about 12 million other people. At this point I was still having a great time but it was difficult to stay this way. I went out of a store to get some air and at that moment God opened my eyes. I had been in the City all day and had not told anyone about His gift of love and salvation, Jesus. I prayed that He would allow me conversation to talk about Him and bring someone closer to Him. I actually asked for the whole City to come to Him, I figured I should start small.
When we got back on the NJT to Trenton I sat with one of the Girls in our group and this left the seat across from us open. The train was packed so it was less than a minute after that, that two women sat down. It was only minutes before the conversation opened up. Soon we found out that one of them worked with Jewish Rabbis. I was pumped I just knew that God had brought me a Jew and that I was going to be able to tell her about the Messiah who is Jesus!
Then God, because He is mighty, faithful, caring, wise, and on and on, rocked me. Over the next hour and a half the four of us talked about our walks with the Father and the Son, and guess what, the Spirit was there with us on that train! It turns out that these ladies were actually my sisters in Christ and before time began He put the four of us in motion to be on that train together that we could encourage and grow each other in the most random moment, or what seemed random to me (He knew what He was doing). Before they exited at their stop we all prayed together on that train. In front of young, old, Muslims and many others we prayed...Please pray that the hearts of the lost around that prayer and conversation would be forever touched for God's Kingdom and His Glory. Also pray for Kathrine and Marissa that they would be encouraged just as much as I was and that as they serve among the Jewish community in New York that they would be BOLD for Christ and that His words would be on their lips. Also that their friends and family that do not know the Lord would be encouraged daily by their walks.
I am praising God for this event in my life. He is continually proving Himself to me, it is not like He has to...He is God. But even still he does. He loves me and wants to show me how much I mean to Him. How does He do this for you? Are you asking Him to provide these types of moments for you? Twice on this day I asked that He would provide and twice He proved himself...Not in my way but in His.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

More than we can ever expect or imagine...that is what God does! Keep writing == we love to hear it. It encourages us and gives us insight into how to pray for you.

Melissa said...

What an awesome experience! Thanks for sharing.

sandramc said...

Cody, what an awesome experience! I don't know if all of the YACS are reading your blog, so I would like to share this one tonight. You are an encouragement to me!

Kim Wells said...

Dude - good stuff! Please keep writing. We are so very blessed by your journey.

Anonymous said...

Interesting to know.