Obedience and sacrifice. When you have a desire to love God and want to obey Him, He will make a way to give you those opportunities.
The other week, I was having some God-time at Burleigh, reading all these random scriptures and hoping that God would show me something. As a full-time uni student, I sometimes struggle to put some time aside to get into the Word and I find that it's not always on the top of my priority list. However, my assignments were done and the house was clean so this was a perfect opportunity to get into some goodness. For some reason, I had my mind set on what it means to obey God and how to love God because I was struggling to understand what it means to love Him when I felt like I can't hear what He wants me to do. Like, sure He has commandments but I didn't really feel like I've ever had a chance to put them into practice. I was flicking through and I landed on a little study note which woke me up:
"But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves."
James 1:22
Okay, so obviously, 'doing' is a part of His will for us. What's a doer then? That was pretty much all that I got out of that revelation at the time so I decided to go for a skate and browse through some little stores to clear my head. As I was going along James Street, randomly came across this man. Now, I have never actually seen a 'street person' at Burleigh at lunch time during this whole time I've lived on the Gold Coast so this really got my attention. he had a sign in front of him, explaining why he need money and where he was going and at that moment, I knew that this was my 'doing' opportunity. I started walking towards Him and praying in my heart for the right words to say. It was a strange feeling but I didn't second guess. We exchanged greetings and began a conversation. There was a peace within me that I could not deny. I am personally a pretty awkward person when it comes to talking to complete strangers, but during this moment I almost felt like it wasn't even me who was talking. His name was Brett. He look worn and tired, yet young in an aged sort of way. He was looking for some cash to get to Sydney, because he got a job down there to make shirts. He had a younger brother. He was from Melbourne. his parents died in a car crash when he was young. He was a high school drop out in year 8. There was something so profoundly intriguing about conversing with a complete stranger. I asked if he had eaten lunch yet and he told me that he was working towards it. Doing opportunity number two. I said my 'see you laters' and as soon as he was out of my sight, I knew that I had to get him lunch. God was even showing me things along the way whilst getting fish and chips for this man. The lady in front of me was placing a pretty big order and the one thing running through my head was patience. Haha, cheers God. Once I got the order, I simply went back to Brett, gave him the meal, told him that Jesus loves him and wished him well. That was all.
It doesn't take much to be Jesus to someone. It doesn't take much at all. You can be Jesus to someone in a plain white tee and purple lipstick, or a snapback and converse. If you want God to use you, simply ask and He will make sure that you will come across a moment to serve Him. You don't have to think twice about it, just do it.