This is a story of how God opened a window of opportunity no one anticipated. We didn’t have to strategize, budget, or network to make it happen. We just had to be ready when it came our time to get involved.
This fall, a new religion instructor was assigned to the local school where we assist an evangelical church with an after-school program. He was fresh out of college and had some new ideas about teaching the majority religion in that area. He told his students that all well-educated people should know something about the other religions of the world as well as their own. During the first week of instruction, he taught the students about Christianity. At the end of the week, he said that every home should have a copy of the Bible and that the family should read it.
Now, imagine what would happen if this teacher were working in a town where there was no gospel witness. Where would his students get a Bible? Local book stores don’t carry them. Who could they ask to help them? The instruction the children received would probably be in vain.
However, our God is a God of grand, incredible designs; He weaves together people, places, and opportunities for His purposes.
The children sitting under the teaching of this young man are the same ones who come to our after-school program. Our coworkers were happy to provide them with Bibles. Praise the Lord with us that 14 homes of the predominant faith have received Bibles, along with instruction from their own respected teacher to read them.
This window stayed open only a few weeks—the young teacher was bumped from his position, replaced by a man with more seniority. Why was Christianity the first unit studied this school year? The Lord knows. Where is this young man now? The Lord knows that as well.
Pray that the Living Word will take root in many hearts as a result of the teacher’s instructions to read the Bible. Also, pray that we will be able to find the teacher and get to know him.
—by an Alliance worker in Europe
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