When I drove
up, there was a police car in front and yellow tape around the entrance doors.
As the policeman walked up to the door, I could see that it was ajar. I stayed
back and watched for a few minutes and up drove three more police cars. I got
out of there. Had I followed my original plan, I would have been right in the
middle of a bank robbery! But the Lord kept me out of trouble by the insider
tip.
Just yesterday
I felt prompted to go to a different grocery store. When we came around the
corner to the pharmacy section, my roommate just “felt like” taking her blood pressure.
There was a woman standing there just idly looking at her receipt. We exchanged
a few words and then as we continued to talk, the woman shared her concerns
about a life-threatening health issue and we were able to minister real help to
her.
Probably
most of you have experienced similar promptings from the Holy Spirit.
But when it
happens it’s kind of hard to describe in words. I’ve heard people say it feels
like an urging or a niggling feeling or a stirring from within or an inner voice
or intuition. The Message Bible beautifully describes it as “God’s Spirit
touches our spirits” (Romans 8:16). There are several New Testament examples of
believers getting these insider tips. In Acts 18 Paul describes a situation
where he felt “pressed in the spirit” to go and talk to certain Jews about
Jesus.
Another
example is in Acts 17 where Paul’s “spirit was stirred in him” when he
witnessed certain things happening. He immediately began to take action to fix
the situation.
These inner
urgings, promptings and tips richen our lives. They help us to help others; and
they keep us out of trouble. The Lord touches our spirits with these insider
tips and wants us to be more receptive so that we can be more like Him.
Love,
Carolyn
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