It was the last day of a Conference at Toronto Airport Christian Fellowship (now known as Catch The Fire Ministries) and I had received an awesome touch from God while praying for others. His oil of joy was flowing in abundance over my life...body, mind and spirit! As I stood on the subway platform waiting for the train the Holy Spirit highlighted a young man quite far away but on the same side of the platform. The Holy Spirit spoke with an urgency in my heart "He needs Jesus! Go and tell him now!" I argued "I can't go and talk to a man I've never met before! He'll think I'm some kind of a nut! He may think I'm coming on to him and attack me or something." In my spirit I heard "Go NOW! This is urgent!" When the Lord is this insistent you know it is really important to Him. I made the long walk down the cold, wet platform making a B-line for him. He was well dressed, probably in his early 20's, quite dark and serious looking. I walked right up to him and with the power of God on me said " You need Jesus!" He instantly started to cry "Yes, I do. I'm a mess. Nothing is right in my life. I hurt so much and I'm so empty." As I took his hand to pray the Lord showed me a vision of him standing at the edge of a high rooftop with a huge angel beside him who said " Take a leap of faith, Receive Jesus now." In tears he said "Yes, I do." then I saw, in my spirit, a bunch of Christians glowing with the love of God, on the street below their hands joined together forming a safety net. I knew he could not make it alone & God would provide Christian friends to disciple him and care for him. He is still growing in the Lord.
My testimony above was originally published in Catch The Fire magazine in the early 2,000's.
My testimony above was originally published in Catch The Fire magazine in the early 2,000's.
I have TEARS streaming down my face reading this and so much chills. Wow. What an AMAZING story. What if you had not obeyed, can you imagine? People CRAVE what we have...we sometimes forget how lucky we are bc we're so used to it.
ReplyDeleteWhen you talked about the rooftop thing, I got chills. Thanks for sharing, I absolutely enjoyed it !!!!
Adeline
I, also, have tears in my eyes after reading this, Jane. Humble obedience made such a difference in that young man's life - powerful.
ReplyDeleteYou expressed feelings that I would have had - the "what if he/she thinks..." thoughts and feelings, but you pressed on beyond fear and the power of God met you every step of the way! Thank you for sharing - you are such an inspiration and the word 'superhero' came to mind when I think about the fact that your actions saved that man's life, by bringing him to the Giver of Life! Yay you!!! Thank you, Father, for giving us new life! ~sw