Knowing That God Is In It

I don't know why, but I am often surprised by how God is at work orchestrating things so that I am able to use the gifts and newly formed passions that He has stirred in my heart. Let me explain.

For the last 4 years or so I have been spending my Wednesday night being locked up in Lino Lakes state prison, working with a group of offenders who have finished or are just finishing their 18 month long IFI program. I work with the me n to help them understand their core beliefs and values and encourage them to live them out in specific ways. This is a ministry that energizes me. In June I was asked if I could switch to Monday nights as the IFI staff was going to me doing some different things on Wednesday with the men. I didn't mind the switch, but I didn't know why we had to move. The question "why" was rolling around in my head. Some times God has us do thing where He knows the "why" but we are just to follow.

Jumping ahead a couple weeks now, I have decided to become part of our HopeLink ministry team at my church. This is a ministry where you come along side an individual to help them through a tough time in their life. This is the type of ministry the God has been stirring in my heart for a while now. To wrap this rambling up, I applied for and was accept into the training program for this ministry. So how do I know God was in this, training starts in September on Wednesday nights. If the IFI program hadn't shifted, if I hadn't agreed to switch come September I would have had to made a choice between IFI and HopeLink. But due to, I believe, God's timing I am able to do both.

So do you have a story of where you know that God is in it? Have you been inconvenienced or asked to change something and you're not quite sure why? Maybe God has something new and exciting for you to try or do. Be open, be listening, Be willing.