As we concluded our ONE series in church yesterday, I can’t help but be amazed at what God has done in our victory group. Few months ago, we would never have thought that the new believers in our group would be so fired up the way they are today. When I dragged two of them to the Discipleship Training few weeks ago, it was not my intention to “push” them into something. I simply didn’t know how to get to the venue of our training so Jethro escorted me there while Tyrone came along so he could pay for his ticket for the World Conference. We didn’t plan what was gonna take place there.

Silly me, I should have known that God has better plans than my coincidences. When Tyrone and Jethro heard that they too can make disciples, something in them just clicked. I was there when it happened. We were seated together on the same table when we did the training excercises. At first I just noticed that they were having a great time but I wasn’t really paying them much attention because I wanted them to mingle with others. After the training, we boarded a jeep and while waiting for other passengers, we talked about what we just learned. That’s when I noticed something. Tyrone told me how surprised he was that he can have this opportunity to do one to one and make a difference  in the lives of other people.

I sat there dumbstruck. The only words that came out of my mouth were, “Yeah, but isn’t that what we’ve been telling you guys since you got into the group months ago?” Tyrone’s answer astounded me. “Yes but it feels like I just heard it for the first time now!” When I heard this, I suddenly hopped out of the jeep and blurted out, “Let’s go eat, I’m hungry!”

And so we talked and talked about what the training was all about and how they could be part of what the Lord is doing in Caloocan. Never have I seen such fire and eagerness in a layperson’s eyes in all my 18 years of being Christian. You should be there to know what it’s like, the look of God’s revelation literally radiating from them while they were talking. I remember the many times I chuckled and shook my head in disbelief at what was unfolding before me. Two people whose lives are ignited by God’s passion to reach out.

When I got home, I was excited but cynicism also began to kick in. “Of course it was the training that fired them up. It will die down in a few days.” What an obscene, faithless thought! But I prayed for them and chose to believe that God was doing something really special.

Almost a month has already passed since the training. My negative ideas proved to be wrong; these people are really growing fast in the Lord. When I saw Tyrone yesterday, I saw a man so different from what he was months ago. He is now serving as one of the ushers and upcoming leaders who took sign up forms from people who wanted to join victory groups. He’s got a few people to text this week and hopefully form a victory group for them in a few weeks time.

If I was already surprised at what God has been doing in his life, nothing prepared me for what happened yesterday during our victory group meeting. When it was his turn to speak, he spoke with such power and anointing that one of the tough guys in our group shed a few teardrops. Even I was so amazed at him. Hasn’t it just been months when I first saw him walk into one of our services? Barely a month ago, I stood with him in prayer for something he’s been fighting against all his life.

And now this…

Lord, thank you for the privilege of seeing this slow motion miracle happening right in front of me. I’m grateful beyond words.