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Divine Appointments. I pray for them almost every day, and especially since the event happened which I will soon relate. This is where the sovereignty of God and the agency of man meet. How exciting to see the exact timing of God in this wonderful opportunity to witness! I often ask the Lord to give me obvious opportunities to witness to people who are truly open and searching, and this time God handed it to me on a silver platter!

On Monday, January 25 I went to the post office to mail out some orders of our new CD. When I checked our box we had a financial gift sent for our ministry, and since I was already headed to town on another errand I decided to go the bank. After running my other errands, I arrived at the bank at about 4:30, and the lobby closes at 5. It just so happened that I didn’t have any deposit slips left, so I had to go into the lobby to fill out one. As I was filling out the slip, I overheard one of the bank workers ask another, “Why did Jesus have to die? What or who was He saving us from? If God can do anything, then why couldn’t He just save everyone?” After I made the deposit there was a lull in the conversation, and I felt as if someone was staring at me so hard their vision was boring holes in my head. I turned to the woman who asked the questions and said, “I’d be glad to answer your questions.” The other person involved in the conversation said, ” I wondered when you were going to speak up. He’s an evangelist”, she told everyone in the bank. The questioning lady said, “You probably don’t have time to answer all my questions” to which I replied, “I have all the time you need.” (I needed to get home to help Krista get ready for hosting our assistant pastor and his family for supper and an evening of fellowship). For the next 30-40 minutes I answered her questions and gave her the Gospel. Customers coming in for last-minute banking got involved. Every worker in the bank stayed and listened. The moving of the Spirit of God was so real and tangible, and a holy hush permeated the atmosphere of that little lobby. Finally, I left my contact info with everyone for further follow-up, and although nobody called on the name of the Lord for salvation at that time, I have no doubt some will.

When I left, the lady with whom I held the conversation followed me for a ways through the traffic til our routes diverged. God struck me with the thought that even driving in traffic I have a testimony to uphold for the Lord. I thought about the lady’s exclamation, “I wondered when you were going to speak up. He’s an evangelist”. What if I had been in a rush and pretended not to hear what was going on? People are watching, people are looking for real hope and the genuine love of Christ in us. Does my daily living direct people towards Christ and authenticate the message of the Gospel, and how carefully do I look for God’s answer to my prayer in sending me divine appointments? Oliver B. Greene usually ended his prayers on the radio, “And save the soul nearest hell”. May God lead us to them so we can lead them to Him!

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