Have you experienced a Kairos Moment? Many times we
have, and might not even recognize it, in fact the moment of our
salvation was a Kairos Moment. Some of you may ask what exactly does
this mean?
Kairos is that
moment when God reaches down and intercepts our day, when He intervenes
with His plan for us. Here we are chronologically walking through life
and there He is dropping right into our day. So let me tell you of my
recent Kairos Moment. I am changing the names of those involved, because
I have not asked their permission to use their actual names.
I
must begin a few months ago, I had been having to invest money into my
car and it was a constant struggle. My friend Lucy said "you need
another car" my response was "God would have to drop a car in my
driveway, for me to get another car". Now that is only the beginning!!
As
most of you know I clean houses to supplement my income, I keep a
schedule of everyone I clean for, and in the summer some get off of
their normal schedule and I have to wait to see what day they want me to
clean. On Thursday morning June 29th I looked at my calendar and all my
people were booked except one. I prayed Lord I need to work Wednesday
July 5th and the only one not scheduled is Sarah, Lord I need to clean
Sarah's house July 5th. Then I headed to work.
Arriving
at my job, I noticed they had purchased a new car. Immediately Patty
began to show me her old car she was selling. She went into great detail
and I was thinking WHY! I couldn't buy a car and was not looking for a
car. But jokingly as we started in I said: "Patty, how long will I have
to work for you for free to pay for this car"? Her reply was " I Don't
Know Let's see." can you imagine my shock look? But it still wasn't
registering what was happening. Then as I was leaving she said two
things that caught my attention; Linda can you afford to lose the cash I
pay you each month? I replied: Patty, I do not know but my God always
supplies my needs. She replied: let's see what God is going to do.
When
I got in my car a text message came through, the name said Sarah. The
text said: Linda can you work me in and clean my house one day next
week? My response: yes, I can come Wednesday July 5th. Did you see what
God just did? He was saying I heard your prayer, I heard what you just
said to Patty and I am showing you I am in this. But in this moment I
found myself terrified because I saw God in this and could not
understand, its like saying:" God!! What are You doing? And where are
You taking me?"
But then
came the doubts; coming from opinions and my own fears, you see Satan is
quiet aware of our weaknesses, he has observed our lives, and knows
just the right whisper that will generate doubt and fear. With me it is
low self-esteem and the fear of hearing God wrong. Just a side note: I
know who I am in Christ today, and when these moments of self doubt and
fear of hearing wrong come up it is based on my past, years of running
from God. I have been set free from that person, but Satan will attempt
to bring our past up as if it is still the present. Victory comes each
time we don't linger in his lies but tell him "I am a child of God and I
was worth His dying for, get behind me Satan in the name of Jesus."I
lingered longer than I should have in this, but by Sunday I was willing
to take a leap of faith and commit to the car. The plan was and is to
sell my car apply that cash to my new car and work off the remainder if
any.
Anytime we make a
decision to walk by faith, the temptation will also come to attempt to
take control, and the enemy will step in and try to shift us from the
direction God is taking us. This happened on Friday July 7. This is only
part of this marvelous adventure. In the next part I tell how the
enemy, Satan, almost convinced me to take control. God is still at work
in this whole situation and I stand in amazement.
One thing more, in the beginning I said "God would have to drop a car in my driveway " and there it sits.
Jeremiah
29:11 For I know the plans I have for you, says the LORD, thoughts of
peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope
John 8:32 you shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free.
The
truth about what? Not just the truth about who Jesus is, but also the
truth about who we are. Seeing ourselves correctly, recognizing not just
our sinfulness but know our weaknesses, the areas of our lives that are
vulnerable to temptation. So when the enemy throws out his lure, we see
it and are not caught in his snare. We have been set free from the
power sin has over us but not from the temptations that come our way
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