The Body Of Christ In Action

It's a beautiful thing. This Saturday, it was such a blessing to see God's family come together in one Spirit and in one accord. We had non-denominationals, Baptists, Pentecostals, Catholics and many more, working together to represent Jesus.

We had a man named Miguel make a decision for Christ and requested help to put himself in a Christian drug and alcohol treatment program. He confessed that he had served the Lord before in a powerful way, even leading people to Christ himself. He had abandoned his faith and turned to the ways of darkness. He now wanted to return to his first love and never look back. Praise God!

Here is an example of how God works when we don't see it at the time: About 5 weeks ago, an opportunity came up for one of our team members on the street (I'll call him Fred) to get an apartment with some guys from the Bunkhouse. Fred works 5-6 days a week, is recently saved, loves and shares Jesus everywhere he goes. He truly is an example of Christ on the streets. However, these were not the most Godly men he could have chosen for roommates. He stopped coming to Saturday Solomon's Porch ministry and Church. We were concerned and began praying for him.

We have a group of "Jesus street warriors" that look out for one another throughout the week. Reports were coming back to us through them that Fred was starting to drink beer and was really being influenced by his new roomies. Our street warrior team kept encouraging him and asking him to come back every time they would see him in the neighborhood. Over the weeks, he still stayed away.

Here is the incredible part. While we were looking at the natural and assuming that Fred had left the straight path to return to worldly ways, information came to us that opened our Spiritual eyes. The man named Miguel that I mentioned at the beginning, who gave his heart back to Jesus, turned out to be one of those "bad influence roommates" of Freds!

Fred has moved out of the shared apartment and back into the bunkhouse. I suspect we will see him next Saturday. God uses everyone, everywhere who will speak His word and share His gospel. Even though Fred may not have acted just like we would have liked for him too, the presence of God he carries and the testimony of his mouth penetrated the darkness that shrouded Miguel. Praise God that His thoughts are higher than our thoughts!