Being Obedient To The Prompting Of The Holy Spirit

Last evening, I attended a funeral memorial wake service of a dear brother in the Lord who went home to be with the Lord in the early hours of Tuesday (Monday night) after suffering a heart failure. He was 88 years old and he left exactly one year after his beloved wife went home to the Lord (Jan 30, 2010) leaving behind three children and 5 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren. 
Now what was amazing was that on Saturday evening, I was prompted by the Holy Spirit to approach the ushers after the second service to take five sets of holy communion elements and visit mr friend's father in the hospital after lunch on Sunday and to administer the holy communion (five sets - the brother, his two daughters, my wife and myself). And the prompting was very strong as I was reminded again on Sunday morning over breakfast and I even asked my wife to collect the elements should I missed the opportunity.

I was surprised when my wife told me that the ushers had kept everything after the service and that they could not give me the communion elements. And so, undeterred I approached the ushers myself and spoke to the team leader about reopening the boxes to hand me the required sets for my hospital visit and, praise the Lord, one of the ushers apparently had already taken the initiative and handed me the required number.

After lunch, we proceeded to the hospital and we had a good time of fellowship over the Lord's supper. The Lord is so good in that He arranged for all the family members to be present at the hospital and so there were eight of us there. After communion, I took the anointing oil and anointed the brother and spoke over his situation and so when our friend texted me in the morning I knew the significance of the hospital visit and the communion.

But what thrilled my heart most was when this dear sister (our friend) shared with me after the service that she and her sister discussed on Saturday evening and were believing the Lord that the father would have an opportunity to take communion in the hospital and also to be anointed with oil. They approached the pastor of their church and were told that it was not possible because of timings. Unbeknown to them the Lord had already planted that assignment on my heart and so, when I announced to the two sisters that I was going to share communion, they were amazed at the answer to their prayer and were further thrilled when I opened the bottle of oil and started to anoint their father.

And so, from this experience, I am now more sensitive to what the Holy Spirit puts in my heart. I believe this is just the beginning and there will be more miracles taking place after this.

To Jesus be the glory and honor. AMEN