Have you ever experienced a God “nudge”? This is when an idea pops into your head out of the blue to do something that you normally would never do or even think about. The thought persists and you feel a strong compulsion to do whatever that task requires. I imagine that a lot of us have these thoughts but never give them any attention. We pass them off as a silly whim or say to ourselves “Where did that thought come from?”
When I was at the gym last week a woman that I had never seen there before struck up a conversation with me. It was a superficial conversation really, nothing very deep, but all of a sudden I had this thought that I should give her my ticket to Women of Faith that was to start the next day! I had the ticket with me in my purse and I knew that my group had extra tickets so I could buy another for myself. However, the overriding thought that the woman would think I was crazy stopped me from acting on this God “nudge”. I didn’t offer her the ticket but kept the thought to myself. What would I have lost if I had acted except maybe the $81 cost of the ticket? All she would have done would be to say yes or no to the offer.
What was God up to in asking me to do this? Did this woman need to experience generosity or did she just need to connect with other women to lift her up from her circumstances? What joy had God planned for me that I missed? I will not know since I did not do what God asked me to do.
Have you listened and acted on a God “nudge” today? Tell me what happened.
Suzanne