Blindfolded Faith & Answered Prayer
by Calvin Joustra, Summer Missions Program staffPictured: Calvin (left) and his service team work on the Community Garden.
During the first small group of each week, I usually have everyone go around the circle and describe what their faith walk is currently like in some creative way. I often get many different and very creative answers.
On one week in particular, I had Jimmy in my small group. When it was his turn, Jimmy described his faith walk as being blindfolded. He didn't really know which way to turn or who to listen to. Hearing this, I was excited to see how God was going to change his walk by the end of the week.
On Tuesday of that week, Jimmy was on my worksite. We ended early, so I decided to go on a prayer walk with them. The day was a particularly hot day, so when we came across another group working out in the sun with no shade, we prayed for them and asked for a cloud to come to give them shade.
From there we continued our walk, praying for various things at a number of different places. A few minutes after we had prayed for a cloud, one came in front of the sun offering some relief from the heat.
At the end of the day after dinner, Jimmy came up to me and thanked me for the prayer walk and liked how the cloud came after we prayed for it. At the end of the week in our small group meeting on Thursday night, I again went around the circle and had each of them tell me where their faith walk was now after going through the week.
When it came to Jimmy, he said that he was at the highest point in his faith journey that he had never been. Starting out blindfolded and ending up of the highest point yet in his walk could only have happened through God's will and power.
