Leave Your Phone On, God Might Call.....

It was Sunday morning around 4:30 AM when a strange buzzing sound awakened my him from his slumber. In a half asleep / half awake cloud he stumbled across the room toward where the noise was coming. As he approached, the buzzing stopped. He stood there puzzled, but then he got his wits about him and realized that it was only his cell phone so he turned to go back to bed. Then it hit him: Someone was calling at 4:30 in the morning! Who could it be? Frantically, he flipped the cover open and looked at the screen that read, "5 Missed calls from phone number 932-xxxx". Now he was really puzzled because he didn't recognize the phone number. But, they had infact left him a voice mail.

The voice mail was from a woman that said, "You don't know me and I guess I've dialed the wrong number, but I love your greeting on your voicemail and I really needed to hear it. I'm having a hard time right now and need prayer." You see, his voicemail greeting is simply his voice sharing the gospel of Jesus, and how to become a Christian. Whomever this lady was, she was in trouble.

For a minute or two, he played it off and went back to bed. After laying down, he prayed, "God, if you want me to call her, keep me up." After praying this simple little prayer, his eyes popped wide open and he was energized and fired up. (I guess he got his answer).

Out of the bed he went, retrieved his phone, and dialed the number in his missed call box. When she answered, he told her who he was and asked what he could do to help her. She told him that she was trying to dial a friend's number that is 932-xxxx but she reached him instead (Obviously she had miss-dialed, because his number starts with 923 instead of 932). She went on to tell him that a week ago, she was saved and baptized along with her boyfriend. She had lived hard before her conversion and the condemnation (obviously from the enemy) was coming back on her. She was too the point where she was think about taking her life and her boyfriends too. He started counseling her, praying with her, and just being the Christian messenger that God intended him to be that night. After two hours of talking, nerves were calmed and this lady told him she felt like new life had been breathed into her. She also promised him that she would be in Church that morning, prepared to give her testimony to the congregation. Prayers were said, tears fell, and they said "Goodbye".

Guy Reynolds is his name, and he shared this story with me at Church Sunday morning. He was used in a mighty way and helped out a new Christian that was under intense spiritual attack. Satan was trying to take her and her boyfriend out through a series of condemning fiery darts, but God sent a messenger to fix things, through a wrong number. And as for Guy, he was there to answer the call.

Today, I'm lifting up this lady and others around her that are under spiritual attack. It seems the most dangerous time for a new believer is just after their conversion. Satan loves to come at them with sins of their past and try to convince them they are not worthy of God's grace. However, the good news is this: When you are forgiven, God doesn't remember the sins that Satan brings up. I pray today that I can have my phone on at all times waiting to answer when He calls.