Turning Towards God’s Will

I was driving home late one night when something caught my eye. There was a small road just off the one I was traveling down with a broken down car on it. I saw a man standing beside it with the hood up. I heard the Holy Spirit tell me to help him. Immediately my mind told me it was late and unsafe, so I kept driving. I felt the Holy Spirit press me again as I looked in my rear view mirror knowing very few people if any were going to be coming down the road. I protested and said, “His hazards aren’t even on. It could be a trap.” Just then he turned on his hazard lights. I was coming to a light at my turn when I saw that. I decided to u-turn and go help. He was an hour from home and the car died. After I couldn’t get it started, I got him in contact with a local tow truck and got him home. He called the next day to thank me and asked why I helped. I told him God saw him there and sent me to help him. He started crying and said he wasn’t sure God had been hearing his prayers.

In Exodus 3, the Israelites had been slaves in Egypt for around 400 years. They had been calling out to God for help, but weren’t sure God heard their prayers. Moses had fled Egypt about forty years before and was living with his Midianite wife and her family. As he was tending the flocks he saw something strange. It was a bush that was on fire, but it wasn’t being consumed. Verses 3 – 4 say, “So Moses said, ‘I must turn away [from the flock] and see this great sight—why the bush is not burned up.’ When the Lord saw that he turned away [from the flock] to look, God called to him from the midst of the bush and said, ‘Moses, Moses!’ And he said, ‘Here I am’” (AMP). Moses had to look away from what he was busy doing to see and hear God. He could have said he was busy, but he turned and went to see what God was directing him to. In that moment, God called him to deliver the Israelites from their bondage.

Hebrews 6:10 says, “For God, the Faithful One, is not unfair. How can he forget the beautiful work you have done for him? He remembers the love you demonstrate as you continually serve his beloved ones for the glory of his name” (TPT). I believe God is speaking to us daily and trying to draw our attention to people who need to know He loves them and hears their prayers. It takes us looking away from what we are trying to accomplish in order to accomplish what His will is. God is not afraid to disrupt our schedule and send us on a mission to be His hands and feet for others. It’s a matter of our willingness to step away and follow His leading. When we do, He will not forget the things we do in His name. It all starts with us turning away from our agendas and being open to listening to His voice.

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