We are looking for a new position to be filled at CLS. I was interested in interviewing the potential candidate, because I cared about who it would be. It was just after lunch, I grabbed my pen and paper and headed down to sit with Mr. Richard, our Bible teacher and much more. It was sunny so we sat under the shade of a neem tree.
Now God is sure to be ready to use you when you least expect it. My heart was ready to ask questions, but God had something else on His mind. Mr. Richard and I starting asking basic questions about her and her life. We asked; how she would be best at fulfilling this position, had she ever done something like this before? We had decided beforehand that the most important thing that she needed to have was a very strong relationship with the Lord. We asked her where she went to church and for how long. Everything that I asked had to be translated into Creole by Mr. Richard.
She had been going to a Catholic church for a while, but didn't like the way that they did things so she went to a Baptist church. She had been attending the Catholic church for one year. She hadn't yet accepted Christ as her personal Savior.
What was my first thought?? I don't remember. I remember thinking, well we can't hire her for the position then. What's the next question for her? Wait, does she want to accept Jesus as her Savior?
We asked her another question, good answers but they don't come back to Jesus. Sweet lady, but we need someone who is very strong in the Lord. In translating, MR. Richard had said that she sounded ready to accept the Lord, but she needed discipleship. Then I knew, if she was ready, I had to ask that one little question. The one question we should be ready to ask each and every day, the question that in any conversation we could ask any person knowing that they might make a decision to change their life. I said to Mr. Richard, can we ask her if she wants to make the decision to follow Jesus today? Can we ask her if she wants to accept Jesus as her Savior? If she was truly ready, she should be given the opportunity to accept Jesus!
She was ready! Mr. Richard took her through the Bible passages, Romans 10, and told her that she can confess with her mouth that Jesus is Lord, and accept Jesus as her personal Savior. He read to her out of the Creole Bible that she had brought with her. They looked over verses in John, and he finally said that if she wanted she could repeat after him.
That day, we didn't give the woman exactly what she came for, we gave her a home for the Lord within her. Having Jesus is the most important thing. Love God, Love others. Following Jesus is the best decision we can ever make.
Pray with me for this lady that God will give her someone to disciple her and walk beside her. My heart rejoices in the day when I will no longer need a translator and can say all that I need to say in Creole. Praise be to the Lord!
"BE still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!" Psalm 46:10
