Last night we heard a young woman from our church as she spoke of the supernatural power of God colliding with us and what that looks like and what it means for us, the church. I’m going to attempt from memory, to give you the highlights with my own twist on it because it was such a revelation.

She began by describing an auto accident, two cars at a high speed, going toward each other and colliding. The first thing we notice is there is death. The second is that it looks messy and the third are the onlookers or as I call them, rubberneckers, who slow down traffic just to gawk and give their opinion of what happened. This is how things look when the spirit of God hits us; first the Spirit of God supernaturally gets our attention by colliding with our natural. Secondly, there is death to our flesh, our dream and goals, our plans and agendas, Thirdly, people begin to talk about us, giving their opinion about what’s happening, what’s going on.

Acts 9 tells about a man named Saul (whose name changed to Paul, author of most of the new testament) when he had a collision with God. He had been trying to stop the ‘Jesus’ movement by arresting, killing and persecuting these new believers. Upon getting permission to go to Damascus and do the same there, he collided with the Spirit of God. Lets begin with verses 3-9: As he was approaching Damascus on this mission, a light from heaven suddenly shone down around him.  He fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul! Saul! Why are you persecuting me?”  “Who are you, lord?” Saul asked. And the voice replied, “I am Jesus, the one you are persecuting!  Now get up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.”  The men with Saul stood speechless, for they heard the sound of someone’s voice but saw no one!  Saul picked himself up off the ground, but when he opened his eyes he was blind. So his companions led him by the hand to Damascus. He remained there blind for three days and did not eat or drink.

How many knows that God never leaves you the way you are? He didn’t leave Paul that way either! Let’s continue in verses 10-16;  Now there was a believer in Damascus named Ananias. The Lord spoke to him in a vision, calling, “Ananias!” “Yes, Lord!” he replied.  The Lord said, “Go over to Straight Street, to the house of Judas. When you get there, ask for a man from Tarsus named Saul. He is praying to me right now.  I have shown him a vision of a man named Ananias coming in and laying hands on him so he can see again.”  “But Lord,” exclaimed Ananias, “I’ve heard many people talk about the terrible things this man has done to the believers in Jerusalem!  And he is authorized by the leading priests to arrest everyone who calls upon your name.” But the Lord said, “Go, for Saul is my chosen instrument to take my message to the Gentiles and to kings, as well as to the people of Israel.  And I will show him how much he must suffer for my name’s sake.”

Wait, for a moment I thought I read that Ananias questioned God. Oh yeah, he did! You see, I believe that God has called us to speak to some unlikely people who will be instrumental in this last day revival, this collision of the Spirit and flesh  Last night I met a couple from Michigan who sold everything they had and came to this city, no job, no family, no logical reason for being here. They JUST moved down and God had them go to a certain phone store to get their phones turned on. The person working was our youth pastor who just happened to follow the prompting of the Spirit and ask them if they found a church yet. After inviting them, they came Sunday and was back again on Wednesday night for our Atomic Warfare Prayer.

I couldn’t get this couple off my mind last night. As I lay in bed asking God what could I do to help them, He pointed out to me that this couple was drawn by the Holy Spirit the same way Walt and I were. We collided with a couple who are linked with us for Kingdom purposes that we don’t even fully understand yet. I’m blown away! It pays to obey! You see, God is waiting to collide with us, each of us, to place us in the right place at the right time to reach someone, to encourage someone, to build His Kingdom on the earth.

We can’t look away because it makes us uncomfortable. We can’t turn our backs because we don’t have much. When God asks me to give, I don’t see my lack, I ask what I can give. It may not be money, it may not be food, it may be just inviting them for fellowship, offering to babysit, taking a moment to talk. We can’t be so caught up in our own problems that we overlook opportunities to build Kingdom. God help us!

Going to prayer on Wednesday nights isn’t always convenient. Sometimes we just plain don’t feel like going, I know I didn’t last night. I was struggling all day because I didn’t get much sleep the night before, I felt like my body was fighting off something. When Pastor Carmen said she was going to give me the night off from praying a portion of the Atomic Warfare Prayer last night, I thought, this would be a perfect opportunity to stay home and go to bed, after all, I didn’t feel well. But I recognized that voice! My response was, ‘Get behind me Satan! I’m going to the house of the Lord to pray because if you’re fighting THIS hard to keep me from going, must be God has something amazing planned out.” Had I stayed home, I wouldn’t have met and talked to this couple as we were walking out the door.

I hope this encourages you to keep colliding with God. My internet wasn’t working this morning so I couldn’t blog. I decided to do it from work for the same reason I decided to go to church last night. When the devil fights that hard to keep me from doing something, I fight back. Resistance is a good thing when you’re fighting the enemy, it is NOT however, a good thing when you’re resisting God.