Me: It looks like we are not getting any further than this.
Prodigal: I think you are right. I guess it would be a good time for an encouraging story.
This story comes from Voices of the Faithful with Beth Moore
Tabay is a beautiful, unreached pueblo in the mountains of Venezuela. Our team had this pueblo on our hearts after one visit. Two groups of volunteers prayed over this town, and everyone wondered what God might be doing.
On an investigative trip around Tabay, we came to a red locked gate meant to keep wanderers like us out. I told my friend, “We need to get through that gate.” I was partly referring to the spiritual barrier that the gate represented.
Weeks later, my family traveled to Tabay to prayerwalk. We asked God to guide us. While there, a friendly man approached us with a microphone. He wanted to interview the “strangers” for the radio.
Our new radio friend knew almost everyone in town and was more than willing to introduce us. He even agreed to play some Bible stories on the radio. Then God chose to bless us in an even more special way.
Our radio friend wanted us to meet the president of the local farmers’ association. After a 20-minure drive on mountain roads, we came to a red locked gate. It was the very gate I had seen before! Getting out of the car, our new friend simply said, “I’ll open the gate for you.”
God cleared that path for us to join His work in this area. A Bible study started with the farmers behind the gate, and now the president of the farmers’ association, the “gatekeeper.” has accepted Jesus.
Gates and doors open by prayer.
–Tom, South America
Enter His gates with thanksgiving
Psalm 100:4a
Jennifer Van Allen
www.theprodigalpig.com
www.faithincounseling.org
