You could be an answered prayer to someone

¹⁴ This is my request. I will ask one of them, ‘Please give me a drink from your jug.’ If she says, ‘Yes, have a drink, and I will water your camels, too!’—let her be the one you have selected as Isaac’s wife. This is how I will know that you have shown unfailing love to my master.” ¹⁵ Before he had finished praying, he saw a young woman named Rebekah coming out with her water jug on her shoulder. She was the daughter of Bethuel, who was the son of Abraham’s brother Nahor and his wife, Milcah. ¹⁶ Rebekah was very beautiful and old enough to be married, but she was still a virgin. She went down to the spring, filled her jug, and came up again. - Genesis 24:14-16 NLT

Abraham’s servant requested him to search for a wife for his son, Isaac. He then prayed for signs from God to direct him to the woman that God wanted to marry Abraham’s son. Rebekah suddenly appeared to him while he was still praying to God and he knew that she was from God.

In our lifetime we must have prayed to God to connect us with some people in our lives. You might have prayed for your life partner, for specific people to help your situation, for a business partner, a partner in ministry, etc. Just as you pray for God to find the right person for your needs, you also could be an answered prayer for other people who might have prayed to God for them.

You might not realise it until God has made a divine connection or appointment with these people. He might even have prepared you first before He set up an appointment with them. The preparation might not be easy for you and sometimes you might need to undergo some process before you are ready to be connected with the people God wants to meet later in life. When the time comes, God has already measured that you are able to handle the things that you will face.

Let me share with you my personal experience where God Himself has prepared for the divine connection with a lady, named Karen, the director of NewLeaf International.

I used to be very selfish. I like to think about myself and my family only. It is hard for me to extend love to other people. If I want to show love, I will definitely only show it to my own family member. I give my time and my money to them. However, lately God allowed a lot of challenges in my life for me to see the bigger picture of what life is all about. Fulfilling my selfish desire is not rewarding to me anymore. After I got all what I want, what’s next? Do I feel satisfied? Do I feel content? I don’t.

After experiencing loss, pains, and sickness, I got to understand the pain people have to go through in their life and how much they need help and comfort. God has opened up my eyes to these in the past few years.

Then suddenly God connected me with Karen, the director of NewLeaf International, an organisation that provides shelter to women and their children who were affected by domestic violence.

In the beginning, I was reluctant to get involved in this kind of ministry. I could give God hundreds of reasons why I shouldn’t be involved in this. It took me more than a year to drag myself into this organisation from the time I met Karen. When we first met, Karen straight away offered me to join and be part of this organisation but I decline her offer politely. At that time I only offered to help her do fundraising for this organisation and I faithfully did my job.

However, Karen needs a partner. She needs someone she can talk to, discuss some matters together, and help her in making decisions. I knew from afar that she was struggling to run it by herself but I kept my heart shut because I wasn’t confident that I could do this job. I always think that I don’t have what it takes to be part of this. I don’t have eloquent speech, I don’t have qualifications, I don’t have people skills, and lists of reasons.

Meanwhile, Karen has been longing for God to send someone to help her to keep her going in this ministry. Until one day, when I had a chat with her and heard her running around on her own juggling between work, ministry, and personal matters, my heart opened up. There is no way she can survive by herself doing all of these. She has no one else to help her. The only person who can help is me. Therefore without thinking further, I straight away took over her load. Whatever she needs help with, I helped her. I took initiative to take ownership of this ministry by taking over part of it to help her lessen her burden. I helped her to expand the ministry, opened up a new house, reorganise the system, and be in direct contact with our clients in one of the houses.

In the beginning, I was a bit afraid as I haven’t done this before. But as I opened my heart and surrender all of this to God, He was the one who enabled me. He also gave me passion and love for these women. And I started to enjoy what I am doing with them. I know that these things only happened because of God who works in me.

Therefore, I just want to encourage you, you might be an answered prayer for someone. Someone might be desperate to have you in their life. It may not be easy but you just need to give a willing heart and be assured that God will enable you to do all that He wants you to do. In the end, it is very rewarding for us when we respond to be an answered prayer for someone.

Thank you for reading my blog and I hope you are encouraged.