God @ Work: Developing Ministers in the Marketplace, Vol. 2 by Rich Marshall

Author:Rich Marshall
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, pdf
Tags: Religion, Personal Growth, Christian Life, Professional Growth
ISBN: 0768422663
Publisher: Destiny Image Publishers
Published: 2005-03-14T22:00:00+00:00

Next, Julian unrolled an impressive, professionally-prepared presentation, with a finely-tuned script displayed in printed handouts and on PowerPoint slides. Unfortunately, the material quickly left me feeling like I was foraging through a strange jungle with no compass.

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feeling uncertain of how to respond afterward. In the middle of his presentation, I said quietly, “Lord, speak to me. I know these men want my input, but I am not sure what to say.”

As soon as I prayed, the Lord showed me a picture. When I receive pictures from the Lord, they can move rapidly from scene to scene without much seeming connection.

In the first picture I saw the CEO driving a race car. Though traveling at lightning speed, he zoomed around the track in the wrong direction. Next, he stopped, stepped out of his car, and walked up the stadium steps to the press box, where a 747 airplane waited for him. When I saw the airplane, the Lord showed me it was like coal barges leaving Newcastle, Australia—a place I had visited.

(Newcastle is the world’s second largest coal producing region.) These barges were carrying the cargo at supersonic speeds. Finally, I saw the airplane landing in a desert-like place as three people approached. I sensed that the Lord would use this shipment of goods to bring peace there.

At the end of the presentation, Julian asked me for my input.

I replied, “First, let me tell about a picture that the Lord gave me during the presentation.” As soon as I added, “I saw you driving a race car, but you were going the wrong direction around the track,”

Julian broke into tears. As I went on and related how God had shown me the 747 jet representing the coal barges from Newcastle, the president also started to weep. Here were two men from London whom I had never met in person, yet the Lord had something to say to them.

Julian told me that at one time he had been a professional race car driver. One of the tests for licensing was to navigate the track at a certain speed, but in the wrong direction. When I told him what I had seen, he could hear the Holy Spirit whispering, “Julian, you have passed the test.” Much to my surprise, the president of the London-based company was from Newcastle, Australia. My vision of coal barges there was a sign from the Lord that he was in the right place. And, the 747 airplane landing in the desert confirmed a 98

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vision God had given these men earlier about using their business as a means to bring peace and transformation in the Middle East.

Going into the meeting, I knew none of that—just what God showed me.

These men did not need my input about a presentation I didn’t fully comprehend, but they did need to hear from God. The Lord put us together in that hotel conference room so that He could speak a word to them about their future business direction.

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