A few dear friends came to see me in my moving-box-filled apartment before I left Hamilton to move to Alberta. One of them brought me a little notebook, for it's a well known fact that I enjoy writing. If you were to open this little notebook, you would see the words, "God at Work" at the top of the first page, followed by a handful of pages full of words.
These pages and this book is dedicated to recording the works of God - how I see Him move and speak and breathe through me to bless others and how He uses others to bless me. After I began to do this, Pastor Fred mentioned in a staff meeting the importance of writing down the things that God does. It's telling the story of God's power and presence to remind us in those dry, desert places that God is still alive and active and working powerfully across this world.
A couple weeks ago, I went up to Edmonton with one of my KZAMM leaders for Upswing - a conference dedicated to children's workers in ministry. We were encouraged and poured into by the speakers, being reminded of the vitality of rest. "Be bold and stand up if you need some extra encouragement and strength from God," we were told in the Saturday morning keynote session, "And those around you will lay hands on you and pray." I sat and prayed, as did my lovely companion.
I've heard from God often enough to recognize the quick, sure way that He speaks to my spirit and He told me to lay my hand on my companion's shoulder to pray for her. Sounds simple enough. Sounds riskless enough. And yet I tarried. Why? Who knows. God reminded me a few times before I finally turned and laid my hand on her shoulder.
As the session wrapped up and we moved off to the morning's workshops, my leader wiped away a few tears and told me that she'd prayed that, even though she wasn't standing, God would send someone to lay a hand on her and pray for her. I just smiled. God knows.
Do you deny the power of God? Keep a notebook about even the little ways of how God is at work and you won't be able to debate with the experiences of seeing Him ebb, flow and flood through your life.
