Divine Appointment

I think the best thing about my new small group that I attend is that it meets in a popular college coffeeshop. Not only is there a plethora of goodies to be shared, but everyone within hearing distance hears about Jesus. And anyone within a block hears Phyllis. But that's another post...

This past Sunday we had 11 of us crammed around a long table. Our topic was "What is faith?", not a pat, Sunday School answer kind of study. We delved into real applications of what faith is and what it looks like in our lives. I'll share a bit later some of the amazing testimonies that were shared.

But about one hour into the study, two young men came up to us and said, "Are you a Bible study?" Shocked we said, "Uh, yeah."
"Can we join you?" he said, holding up his well-worn Bible.
"Of course!" we all said.
So D'juan and Hynik joined us. And their story was amazing.

The men are brothers, both working hard at a new church plant in the area. They were coming to the coffeeshop to talk and read the Word together. As they were walking in the door, Hynik talked about his desire to be able to step out in faith and really trust God with his finances. As they were standing in line to get coffee, they heard people talking about these "loud people in the back" and went to investigate.

Hynik needed to hear about faith and trusting God. And we were talking about the exact. same. thing. Not only that, but members were able to give him specific encouragement and advice that helped him exactly where he was at.

That was just one of many amazing God moments from that night.

So be open to divine appointments. God works through lattes and old worn tables and loud people, laughing and praising Jesus.