The first time God ever called me to "The Night Watch" was at Eagle Lake Camp in Colorado back in the 1980's. At the exact same time, in the wee hours of the morning, when I was awake and praying for my friend Becky, she and her baby almost died during the emergency delivery. But God heard my prayers . . . and those of many others . . . and spared Becky and her daughter.
Fast forward to Wednesday night, actually early Thursday morning. And I had the overwhelming burden to pray for my co-worker from Sand Creek, Rachel, based on our conversation earlier that day. So I prayed and I prayed and I prayed - for a solid hour I interceded on her behalf. Then I texted her the next morning and asked her if God had done anything exciting in her life between the hours of midnight and 1:00 a.m. You don't have to read any further to know that He did - but hey, let's praise an awesome God together! Here's Rachel's response:
"God actually did some crazy things! In fact, right in those hours, thank you! I heard back from the Northwestern Study Abroad person and she was going to try to call the (India) embassy to expedite things. Then I was able to get a hold of a Karunya representative (a college in India) on WhatsApp and their finance team drafted a special doc for me. And finally this morning they managed to get me the original doc requested too! Thank you so much! God is crazy good!"
You see, Rachel is trying to study abroad this fall and she's been working with her parents who are missionaries in Cameroon and the university in India while living in Minnesota - and no one's time zone matches! So she needed a Divine intervention . . . which God so graciously provided! Do I hear an "amen"!?!
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