Thinking about this makes me think of something which happened here in Auckland last weekend. I don’t have time to check with the two individuals as to whether I have permission to tell their story because I am just writing this Gem and the incident comes to mind. So I will take my courage in my two hands and believe that the Holy Spirit is prompting me to tell the story now. Julie was struggling as to whether she would carry on and do Deeper Bible 301 or not. She felt she needed time to recoup and get her thoughts together and maybe spend more time gathering the details of 201 before she launched into 301. But had been vacillating back and forth on whether to do 301 or not now. She attended a teaching series last Saturday on something totally unrelated when a woman came and sat down next to her at a break and said, “Hi, I am Indonesian.” An interesting thing to say, that and nothing more. That made Julie say, “Do you know Ian?” To which this Indonesian woman said, “Do you mean Ian Vail?” “Yes” said Julie “I have been doing Deeper Bible with Ian. He is going to start Deeper Bible 301 tomorrow.” To which this Indonesian angel said “Oh you should do 301, don’t wait. Do it now” and then left. Talk about an angelic encounter! Julie was left thinking oh my goodness, I don’t believe what just happened. This Indonesian woman appears out of the blue and gives me a message to make sure I attend the course tomorrow and then she is gone. Julie doesn’t know who the woman was but I think I do. I am sure it was Lily Mulianah. So sure that I am writing this writing little encounter up in today’s Gems. Lily has indeed done Deeper Bible to higher levels back in Jakarta and I know she has been studying here in Auckland at Elim College and is staying in Manukau City. I will bet it was Lily who sat down beside Julie to tell her something the Lord wanted her to know and then go off on her next Spirit-led assignment. It is like that in God. I will be watching my inbox after sending this Gems to see what response I get. But can you see that was the way in which events were unfolding for the early apostles and disciples from Jerusalem out to the ends of the earth. The LORD himself was orchestrating all that was happening. The news spread all over the region.
