In the peak of my expectation held for years, the much awaited day was finally out, and I received a call from my office and it was an on-site opportunity to France for a long term and that was it! I buckled myself and I knew I’m going. It was the perfect timings, being bachelor i had much to do with outing. The location was perfect and a ground that needed revival and spiritual awakening
Well, my parents were here and the decision didn’t take long. My family was fine with me going to France, my colleagues congratulated me. It was a clear sky and a beautiful day.
Later that evening, walking down the lane, i whispered in my heart ‘Dear Lord, it’s you now’! Wait, I should’ve asked His consent at first. Yet, He watched in silence if I would come to Him. I waited in silence to hear Him speak but in vain. With hassle and puzzle around, i couldn’t hear Him; I must admit, I had many voices in my head. ‘Yes, No, yes, No’. opinions, possibilities, assumptions and suggestions piled up. One wrong decision might hamper everything for an year. I closed my eyes and said ‘Dear Lord, I can’t reach you but tell me your consent if I should go. Your will is mine. Speak o Lord’., Silence still and I opened my eyes and right in front of me was the Indian Flag. ‘what does it mean Lord? Stay here?? A sign perhaps?
I walked back to my room and accidentally tripped into a video. This was a video of casting crowns -‘Slow fade’ and the theme of the video is about right decisions and right choices in right time.
At the end of the clip, there is a little gal who goes to her father asking if he really have to go to office tour, and he pauses for a moment and replies back ‘not this time, may be the next’, and the clip ends there.
The climax kept me wondering. I sat on the sofa connecting the dots. Everything I saw was trying to convey a message. I had my sense open to God. I became sensitive to His promptings.
The next day morning, my dad told me a story. (He really had no idea what was going on in my mind). The story was about an Indian engineer who was travelling in the train in London, all of a sudden he woke up from his sleep and pulled the chain. The train stopped and the TC rushed to him enquiring why he had pulled the chain. He told them that there was a crack in the track few meters ahead and the train could derail putting everyone into danger. To everyone’s surprise the track did have a crack and was sure to derail. The shocked TC asked him how he could foresee the danger ahead. The Engineer explained them that he sensed the rhythm of the train changing and woke up. This famous Engineer was none other then Sir. M. Visveswaraya.
This story reconfirmed me God’s will. I said, ‘Lord, you are important to me than France or anything in this world. Your will is mine and I gladly accept your decision. I had enough proof convincing that it was God’s will for me not to go & that I had to stay in India. It was crystal clear. I simply knew it. Without any further thought, I called up my office and told them my decision. It’s shocking for the world to know that there are people who would reject the riches and luxury only to walk in the ways of God. Yes, It takes more than courage – Faith, to have relentlessly follow Him. He knows our end from the beginning and in Him we put our trust. Many are the questions, but trust erases them all!. His will matters than anything else.
The trees, buildings, signs, dreams, a simple text message or a story all will resound God’s will if we seek Him and that’s how wonderful He talks. He keeps talking, it’s sometimes us who are not sensitive.
‘Oh, yes I know you talk Lord. When at times I can’t hear you, your creations speaks your heart 🙂 I hear you now, and it’s you!!’
Raising Beyond 