Practicing the Present by John Koessler

Author:John Koessler [Koessler, John]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Moody Publishers
Published: 2019-10-15T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 6

Inspired Intuition

Watson Thornton was already serving as a missionary in Japan when he decided to join the Japan Evangelistic Band, an evangelistic mission that was founded in England in 1903. He decided to travel to the town where the organization’s headquarters was located and to introduce himself to its leader. But just as he was about to get on the train, he felt a tug in his spirit that he took to be the leading of the Lord telling him to wait. He was puzzled but thought he should obey.

When the next train rolled into the station, Watson started to board but again felt that he should wait. When the same thing happened with the third train, Watson began to feel foolish. Finally, the last train arrived and once more Watson felt a check. “Don’t get on the train,” it seemed to say. Shaking his head as he watched the train unload its passengers, he thought, I guess I was wrong about this. Watson thought he had wasted most of the day at the station for no apparent reason. Yet as he turned to go, he heard a voice call out his name. It was the mission leader he had intended to see. He came to ask whether Watson would consider joining the Japan Evangelistic Band. If Watson had ignored the impulse and boarded the train, he would have missed the meeting.

What was the impulse that made Watson wait at the station most of the day? He believed it was the voice of the Lord. Despite this, Watson felt unsure of himself. His actions certainly didn’t seem to make sense at the time. What he was doing seemed to be more a matter of intuition than anything else.

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