Just when I thought I was alone...

God has been teaching me SOOOO much lately!! It's been such an amazing time, and even though some of the lessons were really tough, so of them came from simply opening my eyes and looking around at what God does in my life. He is so evident, in so many ways, so much of the time!
Even this evening...I had plans. I was going to hang out with some friends this evening, but I was sitting in the library at school all afternoon. I had been up there with another friend and we were working on homework, listening to music, chatting, etc., when a group of guys came over to the lounge area we were in and asked if they could have a group study there. Apparently the room they had planned to meet in had been reserved by someone else, so they got kicked out. I asked if we would be in their way or if they just wanted to do it while we were still there working on homework, and the leader said, "Oh, that's fine! We're doing a Bible study. You are more than welcome to join us!" So I did. I pulled out my little pocket Bible and notebook and prepared to listen and share. Well, let me tell you something...that was a GREAT Bible study!! I enjoyed it so much, and just the realization that there were solid, mature, passionate Christians on campus beyond the little circle I knew was SO encouraging.
See, there's this vision...a vision God gave to my Christian friends on campus and He's now given to me as well...a vision to reach each and every student on campus with the Gospel. Whether they accept Christ or not, we want His name to be spread to EVERY person. We believe God is the God of the impossible and can do what our minds cannot comprehend...so we are trusting Him with this vision that our public university will become a place of God. That we will no longer be known for being a dark, sinful, evil place, but known as a university on fire for God...public or not.
Well, I was asked to close out the Bible study in prayer, and as I did, I thanked God for leading fellow brothers and sisters in Christ to us and for them to catch the vision of a campus for Christ. As I was praying, they began to "amen" and pray for the same thing!! Apparently, they have the same heart toward spreading the AMAZING news of Jesus on campus and reaching every student with Christ. It was SO COOL to meet people I'd probably never seen before on campus, and realizing that God had given them the same heart, the same vision, and we "JUST HAPPENED" to be thrown together tonight. Just as I was thinking myself and my little circle of friends were alone in our vision and our pursuit, God showed me that He has more warriors than we realized. I'm not alone...There ARE Christians around me, seeking God, and praying for the same things. SO cool to see. =)
That room "JUST HAPPENED" to be reserved by someone else on a night that groups ALWAYS meets. My friend and I "JUST HAPPENED" to stick around later than usual and were there when they came by. The group "JUST HAPPENED" to ask US of all the people in the library if they could invade our space. I don't believe in coincidence. God obviously wanted us to meet and I will be returning to that Bible study weekly, I hope!!
Something pretty obvious like that shows me that God has His hand on me. He's watching...He's guiding me, guiding my future, guiding my life. God is so ACTIVE in my life...I just can't believe I've been blindly going along for so long, not LOOKING for Him in each day.
Even in something tiny tonight...I left my lights on, so my battery died in the car I was driving today. My friend dropped me off at my car, which was in a nearly empty parking lot. If I had ridden a bus there, I would've been stuck, waiting for someone to be kind and jump me off, but it "JUST HAPPENED" that my friend took the time to drive me by there, even though he was already late for church...and I wasn't stuck alone in a scary place. See?? God's got me...and it's SO exciting to see, and so comforting to know. =)
So...what's God done in your life today?? What has He been teaching you?? Open your eyes...LOOK for Him!! He's there, I promise.