I Missed A Genuine Opportunity
Tonight, we had a wonderful church service.
Or maybe I should say, they had a wonderful church service.
As has been the norm with me for a few years, yet something I’m desperately trying to change, I failed to take advantage of an opportunity in which the Holy Spirit had moved and I was being called to respond.
True, I had been running sound and had left the booth to go pray with one of our young men, but I should have also gone to the altar for myself and poured my heart out before the Lord like he was calling me to do.
I’m proud of every person that prayed and was encouraged, healed, delivered, etc. It was good to see my dad praying at his bench, the adults praying up front, the girls praying in the back, and others worshipping at their selected seats.
But when will I go from simply being an observer to a participant? I stood around and I can’t say I am proud of myself.
I’ve made some huge strides in the past three weeks, but tonight I missed an opportunity to go even further. God still has some work to do in me and I failed to jump at the opportunity to receive instruction, healing, a good word, or whatever he may have had in the spiritual grab bag at the moment.
I’ve learned my lesson, I missed the boat once, and when it comes around again I’m jumping in.
Maybe prayer meeting tomorrow night will be that opportunity.
I hope it is.
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Jason
Hm… I almost didn’t go to the altar last night. I was afraid to give up a couple of things I held so dear to me. But when I ended up giving them over to God, I felt SO much better!
-Jas
Oct 1st, 2007
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