On The Way to the Gate Beautiful Part 2

So we looked and we saw that we need to often pull over and might even need a little 'overhaulin' ourselves. Our same friend Mike had this vision of people standing in a long line. When asked the people didn't know why they were in the line, they were waiting. When Mike asked God what it was all about, He said they were in line waiting for God's timing. There was a little sign over the door that said Blessing. There was another door with no one in line. Over this door was a sign: Problems. God said one could walk through this door when they were willing to let go of their problems. Both doors led to the blessings. It's just which door would you rather go through? Wait for one day or trade your problems in for the blessings God wants to provide for you! It's all up to us!

I met Pat Bailey many years ago. At that time she kept telling all of us: "It ain't about ya'll!" Boy, was this one hard to figure out! Sort of like when Jesus said, "It's harder for the rich to enter the Kingdom of heaven than for a camel to go through the eye of a needle." I sure loved the story of the rich young ruler. For the part about wanting to know what else could he do. There was one thing wrong, it was harder than he thought to give all he possessed to the poor to follow Jesus.

On The Way to the Gate Beautiful Part 2- It's in the journey! As I journeyed around Cape Town praying a few years ago God led me to pray very specifically for Green Market Square. It's the true center of Cape Town if you are a spiritual mapper. And you know what's there? A big market place. That's where I met Sylvia and Patience and Christine, Theresa, Merina, Babish, and a whole lot of other French speaking women. I went back to visit them every once in a while because I wanted to practice speaking French with them. I had made some friends in Rwanda and the wife, Monique didn't speak English. We had a real Holy Spirit connection but often couldn't talk to each other unless there was an interpreter. So I set out talking to these ladies so one day Monique and I could understand one another.

One day while stopping by to say Bonjour! Sylvia told me that she had been praying someone would come by for she really needed some encouragement and prayer. Holy Spirit took over as we prayed for one another. And as they say, the rest is history. We started meeting there once a week to pray for one another, to talk, encourage, etc. Soon all Sylvia's friends started joining us, including some of the pastors she and her husband knew. Then passersby started sitting in and asking for prayer. My husband challenged me today asking me not to call it a prayer gathering. So Mike went with me today and we decided we'll just call it the Marketplace. How's that? Or the Roadside Stand? The Roadside Service?

We shared today that sin and iniquity. Exodus 34:5-9. We just know we all need to get real. As the Lord passed by Moses, he got real! He bowed down and worshiped God. He prayed that God would forgive our sin and iniquity and heal us. We realized that these are the things that keep us from being real with God. The Blessing and the Problem doors. And everybody got very real. Yep, right there on the side of the road, in the open marketplace. And a young woman passing by joined us. She shared a vision she saw while I was praying- "I saw an open door. Everything you've been praying for- the door is open, God is answering."

Afterwards we visited most of the attendees individually because they are vendors at the market. One of the women asked for prayer, "I need Holy Spirit, I am not complete. I know Father, and the Son but I want to know Holy Spirit." So we prayed. Stay Tuned, Part 3 on the way...