Best Birthday Gift Ever .... (Throwback to January 2011)
In the midst of all my recent posts on disappointment here's a more positive one. A reminder to me that God knows what's on my heart and loves to bless his children with good gifts.
Also, this was where my prayer room involvement really kicked off eventually leading to numerous prayer rooms across China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore and beyond. And leading to a full time job focused on prayer for a season, joining the 24-7HK team, organising international conferences focused on prayer in Hong Kong and Singapore and so much more ...
29th January 2011
"Four years ago I arrived back in Hong Kong having been involved with 24-7 prayer in my church in Cambridge. My prayer when I came back was to see places of prayer in Hong Kong and to be part of that. In the meantime anhop has opened close to my place which I LOVE but I still long and pray for this kind of prayer to hit my church.
Last night something started.
Our church was transformed into a beautiful prayer room and was filled with people, creativity and prayer.
It was amazing.... but there is more that amazes me.
At first when I found out about the timing of the night it seemed to me like the worst possible night. But God knows far better than I.
It came at the end of a 12 day working stint with no day off. It came during a time that I was so busy, exhausted and stressed it was untrue. Trying to get my station finished was at times a nightmare.
The night before I had to visit the photo print shop 3 times because of problems with the photos I wanted to print... and literally only collected the prints minutes before the shop closed for the night. No photos would have meant no station and at times I felt so close to just quitting. But in those moments God met me and spoke so clearly reminding me it's only about him - so I 'gave' him the station and somehow it all got done. Not in my strength but in his.
But that's not the coolest thing. As I was sat in the prayer room last night I was reminded of what I had dreamed for my birthday. To gather my friends and pray. At the time it sounded too dumb and so I shelved the idea. But, as I sat there in the prayer room, God whispered to me that this was his birthday gift to me .... the timing was no accident. He had gathered my church family to pray in the most beautiful of rooms on my birthday. He knew my heart and what had seemed impossible to me he organised. And so I turned 28 playing keys and singing in the worship area of the prayer room in the midst of an answer to four years worth of prayer."
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