Spiritual Conversations

Last week, my wife and I were truly blessed to meet pre-believers whom we can engage in spiritual conversations. Having spiritual conversations just thrill us because that is what we as disciples are called to do - Make friends and witness to them the reality of God's love and hope.

My wife was attending a conference and she booked into the cheapest hotel room to save her company money. Interestingly, she was upgraded and got a better room with better bed than another colleague who paid a higher price for a supposedly upgraded room.
To top off the blessing, she was staying in the same hotel with a pre-believing colleague. Then in one of those moments during dinner, her colleague asked her why she is a Christian. That was an opportunity to share how God is so ever-present in my wife's life - through her ups and downs. Her colleague was open to the gospel message. We await how the Lord works in her heart.
God is good.

As for me, I had asked a builder to do a minor repair on our bathroom ceiling lamp area.
In the course of the repair work with me chatting alongside him, he asked me what I did for work.
I told him I am a pastor on Sabbatical.
He said "Oh really!"
He shared with me that he is from Church of England / Anglican and came to NZ some 30 years ago when he was 22 years old.
I asked him which church he attends.
He was tongue-tied for a moment. He said he attends church once a year.
Then I shared with him about Mt 28:19 to go and make disciples.
I shared with him that the verse didn't say to go and make converts.
This is a great punch line to be followed with the next question.
I asked him whether he wants to be convert or a disciple.
He wants to be a disciple.
This is just like the story of my badminton mixed doubles partner - which I shared in my earlier blog.
Invariably, they all want to be a disciple.
The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak.
Nevertheless, the seed is sown.
The builder said that if he has a spiritual problem he will call me.
Although said in jest, we may never know...

May you too be blessed with thrilling spiritual conversations - with colleagues, fellow students, people whom we "happen" to bump into etc ...