Rushing to Georgia upon receiving the news that my mother had passed away. Knowing that my sisters needed me there for support. As I am the only boy in the family and my father had passed away a few years before. It was a very choked up time for us all. We had many pastors and friends that had came to give their respects to our beloved mother.
During that time of being there, a friend of mine reached out to me and asked, “While you are here in Georgia, would you come and minister at our church.” I called my pastor seeking his approval and he made a powerful statement to me. “Bro. Daniel, I trust you. Why don’t you pray about it, and if you feel lead of the Lord, then go do it.” Those words touched me. Knowing that my pastor trusted me to do ministry.
After spending time in prayer till after 2 am, I felt that I had heard from the Lord. I went to the church with a message. Stepping to the pulpit I begin to preach the message that God had given to me. Talking about “The Power of Prayer”. After preaching for a while, God spoke to me. I saw a lady on the right hand side of the church. And God said, “Pray for her eye sight.” I came off of the platform said, “Ma’am, God wants me to pray for you.” I pointed to her. And she did not move. I walked over to her and laid hands on her and I startled her. I did not pray for her eye sight, I spoke to her and prayed for a blessing, that God would touch her.
Then someone told me something. “That lady is blind.” OH MY . . . I totally messed up. God said to pray for her eye sight and I prayed for her to be blessed. And I did not speak out what the Lord told me. Later in prayer, God said, “I wanted to heal her.” I totally made a mistake. I stopped that woman from receiving her healing. Why did I not speak what God spoke to me? I was afraid to speak it out. Thinking that I would be wrong.
For a long while, I beat myself up over this. Until the Lord begin to show me that Abraham lied. And God still called him a prophet.
Genesis 20:5-7 Said he not unto me, She is my sister? and she, even she herself said, He is my brother: in the integrity of my heart and innocency of my hands have I done this. And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart; for I also withheld thee from sinning against me: therefore suffered I thee not to touch her. Now therefore restore the man his wife; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou restore her not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine.
This experience taught me a lesson. Yes, I may make a mistake out of fear. Yes, I might screw up. But God in His mercy will use me yet again. As long as I start to listen and follow His instructions. He will give me another chance. With this, I am saying . . . we all have made a mistake. Allow God to reach into your heart and help you overcome those thoughts that the enemy wants you to focus on. “YOUR MISTAKE!”
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