HELEN SANDERS
1-18-2023
SET UP BY GOD
I don’t think there is any greater joy than to see someone receive Jesus as their savior, and you were given the privilege of doing it with them.
Let me share a story that happened yesterday. I had gone to the grocery store after a visit to the doctor with Russell and picked up a few items and brought them home. We have a van, and I had put the groceries in the back where the hatch door is.
Russell had gotten out of the car and left his door open. I took the groceries inside and forgot to shut the passenger door. When I went to bed about five hours later, I checked our security camera and it showed the door was open. I slipped outside and shut the door, noticing that the lights in the van weren’t on.
I was concerned that the battery had gone dead, so yesterday morning I went out to see if the van would start and it did. I had something to put into the back, but the hatch latch would not open the hatch. I tried several times to no avail. Russell also tried to open it, but it would not open.
I decided to go to the dealership, and have it fixed, since we need to be able to open that hatch. Upon arriving, there were no other cars waiting for service. A young man that worked at the dealership walked up to my van and I told him what happened. He went to the rear of the car to check it and it popped open immediately. I went around to speak with him, and told him that it had to be God that fixed it. He replied with “God works in mysterious ways, for sure.”
I asked him where he went to church, and he told me he had just started going to a church with his girlfriend and her family. He also said he wasn’t raised in church. I then asked him if he had surrendered his life to Jesus and he said, “No.”
I asked him if he knew that hell was his destination if he died, and he said yes. I then told him that he needed to get his life right with God and invite Jesus to be his savior. He said “Yes.” I prayed with him, and he received salvation. Now, you can’t tell me that God didn’t set this up, because I know that He did. There is no problem at all with that latch, but God wanted this young man to receive salvation, and knew I would be willing to share the Lord with him. It was a set up by God!
What a mighty God we serve. So often, God tries to set up situations and unknowingly we resist the set up because we get upset with circumstances. How much easier it is to “flow with Holy Spirit” regardless of the issues we face.
There are souls waiting for salvation my friend. Are you willing to be set up by God? If so, I guarantee that He will do just that!
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