I remember back in 2020 when I was working in this office space, I would take 5 minutes off and walk around the building and I’d end up praying for my wife, my children, and my family. And I wasn’t even married back then, but I’d end up praying for my future wife and my future children. I’d take five minutes to do this, because that’s the only break I could get.
There was this one day, I was doing it, and I noticed this old woman on the opposite side of the road.
She was pretty hunched. She seemed to have no money, and she was walking. Something in my heart said that I need to go and help her and that I need to go and pray for her.
But I realized that in the five minutes that I had, I could either go and pray for her or I could continue praying for my own prayer requests. But in that moment, I felt strongly I should go to her, and that’s what I did.
I walked over to her, and I said, “Can I pray for you?” And I gave her some money. In my extremely broken Kannada, I ended up praying for her. I ended by saying, “In Jesus’ name, bless you.”
As I was about to leave, she said, “Stop.” And then she said, “Can I pray for you?” I said, “Of course, yes.”
She started praying. And she prayed for my wife, my children, and my family.
That moment did something to me. It helped me realize that even if I stop thinking about my own desires for even a second, God’s not going to stop. He still has my best interests in his mind. He’s always thinking about his children.
And I realized that just getting out of our comfort zone and doing something that God is leading us to do, oh, there’s such a blessing in it.
He’s going to surprise us in amazing ways when we do it.
