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01 March 2011

When God interrupts your Schedule

[Brong Ahafo Region, Ghana] What a marvelous privilege God gives us every day! Thus far this project has allowed us to the share the Gospel in 112 venues where we have seen 29,192 individuals indicate their personal decision for Jesus Christ!

God continues to reveal His ways to us – even though our ways are not always His ways. He reminds us over and over, that, “He is constantly at work around us.” This morning we traveled to an unscheduled school for ministry. The long road was remote, washed-out, and extremely difficult to navigate. The temperature today passed 100 degrees and we conducted the program outside, in the hot sunshine. While the ministry yielded many decisions for Christ we were all a bit frustrated at the idea of having to travel all the way back to our hotel over that same terrible road.

About half way back we stopped along the way at the beckoning of a woman walking toward the town. This was the only person I remember seeing on the entire journey. She apparently asked us for a ride and we obliged. In a matter of minutes, Pastor Ebenezer engaged her in deep conversation. The spirit of God revealed in me that he was sharing the Gospel with this woman. After only a few moments I could tell that the woman had come to a point of decision and was praying; inviting Jesus into her life. Following the prayer, Ebenezer said, “Dr. Roy this is Ashiatu. She is a Muslim, but now she is our sister!” I have never seen a broader smile nor more gleaming eyes. This woman was evidently happy, not because we had given her a ride, but because she had been accepted into the household of faith!

I had the opportunity to pray with this sister and gave her a bible. She held it close to her chest as she got out of our Rover and left us. The entire event reminded me that our road to nowhere had become a highway to holiness. The word of God says in Isaiah 35:8

A highway will be there, a roadway,
And it will be called the Highway of Holiness.
The unclean will not travel on it,
But it will be for him who walks that way,
And fools will not wander on it.

We had no idea this morning that we would meet this woman. We thought we were being inconvenienced by the unscheduled trip to such a remote village, but God knew exactly what He was doing. He had scheduled a divine appointment with Ashiatu and allowed us to be a part of the journey. God’s plans are always perfect.

I hope that you will always eagerly embrace the divine interruptions to your schedules.

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