One of the Many Ways God can Use a Tract

I have been chatting to my colleague, Gordon, about Christianity for some time. When we have the time, we would talk about our beliefs. He used to go to church when he was young, but has doubts about God. He’s a very nature-loving person and does not believe in one religion. A few months ago, I gave him the “Evolution – Fact or Fiction” booklet and he said that he’ll read it when he has the time. A few months passed, and one day, after cleaning his desk, he came to me to return the booklet saying that he had not read it. He had read the back of the booklet and thought that if he read it, he’d just spend the whole time arguing with it, i.e. the booklet. So, he decided to return it to me to pass to other people.

On Sunday, I picked up three “smaller” (i.e. less pages) tracts (Good News, You’re Special and God’s Bridge to Eternal Life) for him, thinking that he’d have less time “arguing” them. The next day, I realised that I had accidentally left the God’s Bridge to Eternal Life tract in another bag. I “kicked” myself for not bringing that tract with me because for some reason, I really wanted to give that tract to him. I kept wondering how I could’ve taken those two tracts out of that bag, but “left” that behind. But I decided to pass him the other two first, which he accepted gladly, and said that he’d read them on the train.

The next day, I remembered the God’s Bridge to Eternal Life tract and brought it to work. I was hoping that he’d also be receptive to accept this tract. When Gordon returned the other two tracts, he said that he likes the You’re Special tract, but not so much the other one. I took that opportunity and gave him the God’s Bridge to Eternal Life tract. Thank God he accepted it and promised he’d read it. He went back to his desk, put it on top of his PC and got back to work. Not too long after, our regional manager, Mark, came over and talked to him for quite awhile. After Mark left, Gordon came to me and asked if I heard what they were talking about. I didn’t because I had my earphone on. He excitedly said that Mark came by to talk to him. He saw the tract and began to chat to him about Christianity. Mark, who’s also a pastor, shared with Gordon about Christ’s Love and discipleship. Gordon was receptive of the sharing about loving one another. He also mentioned that, as Mark was sharing, he was scribbling down some of the things, which he liked. I have yet to ask him what he’s written down.

That was about two weeks ago. And this morning, Gordon said that he was thinking about church yesterday and will consider going to Mark’s church. Praise God. I can now see God’s amazing work through all these. What I thought was an “accident”, i.e. leaving the God’s Bridge to Eternal Life tract in the bag at home, was part of God’s plan to have Mark witness to Gordon.

With Sept 30in30, through this experience, God has shown me that I may not be the one to share the gospel with the person who receives a tract from me, but God can use the tract to draw other believer’s attention to witness to that person. This is just one of the many amazing ways God can use a tract to draw people to Him.

posted by Hui Ling