Thai Said Hi ! Streams of Living Water Flowed

I've shared with a number of people since my last post but this one felt special; I felt an overflowing joy that's hard to explain ("streams of living water will flow from within him" -John 7:38).

I went for a quick jog this morning (Sunday) before waking the family for church. I was test driving my upcoming mission trip prayer guide that I organized around Lord's prayer and themed around John 7:37a-38 ("If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, streams of living water will flow from within him."). I was alternately running and walking and praying.

I had made it down to a time of surrender and just finished praying and offering the Lord my mind and asking for His help that I would take captive every thought and make it obedient to Christ (2Cor 10:5), when out of the blue I heard a loud and friendly yell from across the street. It was a tiny old man who was obviously not of our culture. I yelled back a quick greeting and thought immediately that the Lord may want me to share with him. But I had left the house quickly and had no tracts and I was running late for church, so I listened to Satan's lies that it wasn't a good time. I continued on, became convicted, took captive the thoughts from Christ and obediently turned around.

I caught up with the man. He was very friendly. His name is Thai from Vietnam. After a couple of basic questions like "where do you live", it became obvious he only knew a few words and it would be difficult to clearly share the gospel verbally. Knowing that many of these elderly foreign people are here visiting their children who can speak English, I knew that I needed to get a tract in his hand so someone else could translate it for him.

I said goodbye and made a dash for home, picked up a tract, and then ran back across the neighborhood while praying for Thai. I caught up with him again and explained that I had a gift for him, opened the tract, pointed to Jesus' name, made the motion of prayer. He didn't know what I was saying but he really appreciated the enthusiastic gift.

I left for home and left Thai in the Lord's hands. I was so full of joy that the Lord had fulfilled His promise to me, that "If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, streams of living water will flow from within him." (John 7:37a-38).

Nothing excites me more than having streams of living water flowing through me!

. . . gotta to run to church now.

Michael