Spiritual Readings

I have felt a call to full time ministry for 10 years now but God has not opened the door yet. So I have worked at different secular jobs to pass the time away. I have been at an insurance company for 6 years now. I have seen God do some pretty cool stuff. But last week, He did something new.

I sit next to a lady who is into New Age. Another lady came over to her desk to get some chocolate. The New Ager wasn't at her desk at this moment. I heard the other lady speaking to herself saying, "I should really get her to give me a spiritual reading sometime." I looked at a Christian coworker of mine and she looked at me. We knew that wasn't good.

I sat at my desk for a while and felt the tugging of the Holy Spirit. I'd love to tell you boldness came over me and I preached the Gospel, but it took me a while to work up the nerve. I thought about it some more and I decided that I wasn't going to let the enemy (not my coworker, but the devil) speak into her life. I was going to take back what the enemy has stolen. I wanted God to speak into her life.

I approached her and told her that I could do something like a spiritual reading. She seemed kind of freaked out and didn't talk to me the rest of the day. So near the end of the day I decided she was going to get a spiritual reading whether she wanted one or not. So I sent her a prophetic word through email. I prayed for accuracy. I sent it out and then went home.

The next morning, my Christian coworker told me she overhead this lady speaking to someone else saying, "Josh gave me a spiritual reading and it really freaked me out because it was very accurate." The other lady replied, "He just knows things."

Later in the day, some people called me over to their desk. As I came over, I noticed the lady I had given a reading to had printed out the word and was showing it to people. These two women she was talking to asked me to give them readings too. I said, "Sure, I'll send you an email."

As the day went on, more and more people asked for spiritual readings. What started out as the enemy trying to speak into one person's life, ended up being God's heart of love being spoke into 7 people's lives! And that was Friday. As I came back to work on Monday, I had more requests. It's only been four business days since this happened and I've already given spiritual readings to 11 people. I have found out that they are very accurate words which what I prayed for.

Most of these people haven't really been talking to me. I think I freak them out. Actually, I know I do. Several of them have told me that. I keep telling them it is God telling me His heart. But other Christians in the office have told me that these people are coming to them about the words. My fellow brothers and sisters in Christ are able to take the ministry to the next level. What a great time! We truly can and should be ministers even if we aren't called to full time ministry.