When God Orders Your Footsteps

Ignite Episode 3100:00:00.520 --> 00:00:02.940I'm just saying sometimes we make it so200:00:02.940 --> 00:00:05.740difficult, but you know, God is so in300:00:05.740 --> 00:00:08.240control and working in the details of people's400:00:08.240 --> 00:00:11.780lives that he's just waiting for us to500:00:11.780 --> 00:00:13.440connect with how he's working.600:00:13.880 --> 00:00:16.680And he is the one that sets us700:00:16.680 --> 00:00:16.920up.800:00:17.100 --> 00:00:20.980And how incredible is that, that my footsteps900:00:20.980 --> 00:00:24.300are ordered by him to connect with his1000:00:24.300 --> 00:00:26.800plan and purpose for another person's life.1100:00:27.360 --> 00:00:30.620Welcome to the Ignite with Barry Meguiar podcast,1200:00:30.860 --> 00:00:33.560where Barry's book and passion for spreading God's1300:00:33.560 --> 00:00:36.460love are guaranteed to ignite your life.1400:00:36.760 --> 00:00:39.380Now listen in and prepare to have your1500:00:39.380 --> 00:00:40.660life ignited.1600:00:42.640 --> 00:00:44.540Well, Jennifer, it's always good to be with1700:00:44.540 --> 00:00:44.680you.1800:00:44.760 --> 00:00:45.460Fun to be with you.1900:00:45.540 --> 00:00:49.620Whenever we're together, I mean, it's like, two2000:00:49.620 --> 00:00:50.260peas in a pod.2100:00:50.880 --> 00:00:51.680You're not a newbie.2200:00:51.800 --> 00:00:53.140I mean, you've been sharing your faith for2300:00:53.140 --> 00:00:54.420a long time.2400:00:54.420 --> 00:00:56.640I was just thinking about this story just2500:00:56.640 --> 00:00:59.560today, and there's so many stories to share.2600:01:00.040 --> 00:01:02.660But just recently, I had an opportunity to2700:01:02.660 --> 00:01:05.500go to the hospital, and I got to2800:01:05.500 --> 00:01:10.520pray with a pretty rough, gruff older man,2900:01:10.560 --> 00:01:13.140not too much older than my own father,3000:01:13.660 --> 00:01:16.220but he was a retired policeman.3100:01:16.520 --> 00:01:18.820And I worked for the state at this3200:01:18.820 --> 00:01:21.760time, and he was a security.3300:01:21.820 --> 00:01:23.560He was security for this place that I3400:01:23.560 --> 00:01:23.840worked.3500:01:23.840 --> 00:01:26.800And I would just say, hey, and got3600:01:26.800 --> 00:01:28.380to know him just a little bit and3700:01:28.380 --> 00:01:31.240just always thanking him for keeping us safe3800:01:31.240 --> 00:01:33.800and like opening those doors.3900:01:33.920 --> 00:01:35.320And he was just, you know, and I4000:01:35.320 --> 00:01:37.280was just like, you know, you're a lot4100:01:37.280 --> 00:01:38.960kinder than what you come off to be.4200:01:39.260 --> 00:01:40.520You know, I just spoke that in him.4300:01:40.960 --> 00:01:44.820And he always went beyond the call of4400:01:44.820 --> 00:01:45.080duty.4500:01:45.480 --> 00:01:47.640I mean, he would just, and I noticed4600:01:47.640 --> 00:01:49.920that, and I just had this connection realizing4700:01:49.920 --> 00:01:52.300that just through conversation and sharing the love4800:01:52.300 --> 00:01:53.660of Christ, and then he found out that,4900:01:53.780 --> 00:01:55.360you know, I'm a Christian, so I try5000:01:55.360 --> 00:01:57.180not to say, you know, all the words5100:01:57.180 --> 00:01:58.620that you're, you know, they felt like.5200:01:58.700 --> 00:02:00.320And I was just like, you just be5300:02:00.320 --> 00:02:00.620you.5400:02:00.780 --> 00:02:05.280But anyway, we had this interesting relationship about5500:02:05.280 --> 00:02:07.500all the places we traveled in the world.5600:02:07.780 --> 00:02:09.960And so he would show me, and I5700:02:09.960 --> 00:02:12.200would show him places, and he can't believe5800:02:12.200 --> 00:02:13.080the places that I go to.5900:02:13.160 --> 00:02:14.120And he goes, if you were my daughter,6000:02:14.200 --> 00:02:15.500I don't know how I could ever send6100:02:15.500 --> 00:02:16.220you to those places.6200:02:17.260 --> 00:02:20.240And so those gave some really great opportunities.6300:02:20.240 --> 00:02:22.840And him and his wife, we just got6400:02:22.840 --> 00:02:24.800to know each other while he had this6500:02:24.800 --> 00:02:26.700really odd sickness.6600:02:27.260 --> 00:02:30.760And unfortunately, the hospital did not do the6700:02:30.760 --> 00:02:33.020procedure that they had planned to do.6800:02:33.100 --> 00:02:36.500It went off and wrong, and he came,6900:02:37.040 --> 00:02:38.580he fell very ill.7000:02:38.960 --> 00:02:40.500And this was not very long ago.7100:02:41.000 --> 00:02:42.600They, you know, they did not have anyone7200:02:42.600 --> 00:02:44.860else to call to come pray, so they7300:02:44.860 --> 00:02:45.340called me.7400:02:45.960 --> 00:02:48.000And so I was the Christian in his7500:02:48.000 --> 00:02:48.300life.7600:02:48.300 --> 00:02:49.760I was that person.7700:02:50.260 --> 00:02:52.120I just dropped everything, and I went there.7800:02:52.620 --> 00:02:56.440And because we had all those sweet conversations,7900:02:56.840 --> 00:03:01.700those holy listening conversations, those you're valued conversations,8000:03:02.180 --> 00:03:04.160that I got to pray with him.8100:03:04.380 --> 00:03:06.740And soon after that, he passed.8200:03:07.400 --> 00:03:10.100I'm just saying, sometimes we make it so8300:03:10.100 --> 00:03:10.940difficult.8400:03:11.440 --> 00:03:13.340But you know, God is so in control8500:03:13.340 --> 00:03:15.840and working in the details of people's lives8600:03:15.840 --> 00:03:19.340that he's just waiting for us to connect8700:03:19.340 --> 00:03:20.540with how he's working.8800:03:20.780 --> 00:03:23.780And he is the one that sets us8900:03:23.780 --> 00:03:24.020up.9000:03:24.120 --> 00:03:28.080And how incredible is that, that my footsteps9100:03:28.080 --> 00:03:31.400are ordered by him to connect with his9200:03:31.400 --> 00:03:34.520plan and purpose for another person's life, that9300:03:34.520 --> 00:03:39.840their footsteps become aligned with where he has9400:03:39.840 --> 00:03:40.560them to go.9500:03:41.100 --> 00:03:44.120It's just, how do you live for anything9600:03:44.120 --> 00:03:44.480else?9700:03:44.480 --> 00:03:46.800This is what I live for, and it's9800:03:46.800 --> 00:03:48.440so simple.9900:03:48.600 --> 00:03:49.120And simple.10000:03:49.340 --> 00:03:51.000And so we make it so hard, and10100:03:51.000 --> 00:03:51.440we're afraid.10200:03:51.600 --> 00:03:51.900And you know what?10300:03:52.640 --> 00:03:53.540His name's Gary.10400:03:53.760 --> 00:03:56.520I genuinely loved Gary.10500:03:56.780 --> 00:03:59.720I was like, he is so incredibly smart,10600:03:59.880 --> 00:04:01.380and there's just a lot of different things10700:04:01.380 --> 00:04:01.860about him.10800:04:02.180 --> 00:04:04.660But you know, I began to see the10900:04:04.660 --> 00:04:07.300image of God in him even before he11000:04:07.300 --> 00:04:08.380accepted Jesus.11100:04:09.120 --> 00:04:11.140I was just like, man, God, you really11200:04:11.140 --> 00:04:12.400created him for something.11300:04:12.700 --> 00:04:12.840Wow.11400:04:13.000 --> 00:04:14.400You created him in your image.11500:04:14.400 --> 00:04:17.279There's something I can know about you by11600:04:17.279 --> 00:04:18.240getting to know him.11700:04:19.140 --> 00:04:21.079And if we want to, how do we11800:04:21.079 --> 00:04:23.620know God without knowing each other?11900:04:24.060 --> 00:04:26.380And we are not meant to live isolated.12000:04:26.760 --> 00:04:28.980It doesn't matter what type of personality type12100:04:28.980 --> 00:04:30.660we are, introvert, extrovert.12200:04:30.780 --> 00:04:32.200We're not meant to be isolated.12300:04:32.420 --> 00:04:36.520We are meant to connect with others, to12400:04:36.520 --> 00:04:39.240learn of God, and for God's love to12500:04:39.240 --> 00:04:39.940flow through us.12600:04:40.240 --> 00:04:42.640And as that happens, his love just grows12700:04:42.640 --> 00:04:43.000in me.12800:04:43.300 --> 00:04:43.820Yeah.12900:04:43.820 --> 00:04:44.740You said it.13000:04:45.900 --> 00:04:46.580That's it.13100:04:47.220 --> 00:04:47.620That's it.13200:04:47.860 --> 00:04:48.920No higher calling.13300:04:49.300 --> 00:04:50.700And with time running out, I know we13400:04:50.700 --> 00:04:53.180talked about this off camera, but the time13500:04:53.180 --> 00:04:53.680is precious.13600:04:54.280 --> 00:04:54.720Absolutely.13700:04:55.420 --> 00:04:56.820The clock is ticking.13800:04:56.960 --> 00:04:57.200Absolutely.13900:04:57.260 --> 00:04:59.160It's not always comfortable to think about hell,14000:04:59.560 --> 00:05:00.640think about destination.14100:05:01.080 --> 00:05:03.000But man, if you have a situation that14200:05:03.000 --> 00:05:04.440you think, this is how I look at14300:05:04.440 --> 00:05:04.560it.14400:05:04.580 --> 00:05:07.160If they were my son and daughter, if14500:05:07.160 --> 00:05:08.860that person I met was my own son14600:05:08.860 --> 00:05:12.000and daughter, what would I not, what would14700:05:12.000 --> 00:05:12.480I do?14800:05:12.480 --> 00:05:14.520What would I want someone else to do?14900:05:14.720 --> 00:05:16.840So if you can look at everybody as15000:05:16.840 --> 00:05:18.480like, if they were my son and daughter,15100:05:18.840 --> 00:05:21.760what would, as a parent, I would want15200:05:21.760 --> 00:05:22.800someone else to do?15300:05:22.980 --> 00:05:25.640We get that opportunity every day, but that's15400:05:25.640 --> 00:05:28.780how valuable those people are, as if they15500:05:28.780 --> 00:05:30.420are created to be a son and daughter15600:05:30.420 --> 00:05:30.960of the Lord.15700:05:31.260 --> 00:05:34.320Again, back to the statistic, over 80%15800:05:34.320 --> 00:05:37.240of the unchurched know the world's out of15900:05:37.240 --> 00:05:37.600control.16000:05:37.960 --> 00:05:38.180Yeah.16100:05:38.300 --> 00:05:39.820They know the world's out of control, would16200:05:39.820 --> 00:05:42.120like to believe there's a God who can16300:05:42.120 --> 00:05:44.600make sense of the chaos, are looking for16400:05:44.600 --> 00:05:47.620somebody to tell them, and already have, and16500:05:47.620 --> 00:05:51.140already have a Christian in their life that16600:05:51.140 --> 00:05:51.780they trust.16700:05:52.440 --> 00:05:54.380That's over 80% of the unchurched.16800:05:54.540 --> 00:05:57.100We could evangelize America in 30 days.16900:05:57.600 --> 00:05:57.780Yeah.17000:05:57.780 --> 00:05:58.520We could do that.17100:05:58.920 --> 00:06:01.840If that one Christian, if being, would be17200:06:01.840 --> 00:06:02.920the one Christian.17300:06:03.160 --> 00:06:04.760Right now, it's only 1% of us.17400:06:04.980 --> 00:06:07.060And the whole point of Ignite is, let's17500:06:07.060 --> 00:06:08.140get ignited.17600:06:08.500 --> 00:06:09.720Let's get this job done.17700:06:09.740 --> 00:06:10.320We need to change that.17800:06:10.320 --> 00:06:11.040And you say that.17900:06:11.120 --> 00:06:12.100Nobody says that better than you.18000:06:12.140 --> 00:06:12.920It's great hanging out.18100:06:13.120 --> 00:06:13.420Yeah.18200:06:13.520 --> 00:06:14.220Thanks, Barry.18300:06:14.440 --> 00:06:14.720God bless you.18400:06:14.880 --> 00:06:15.060Yeah.18500:06:15.140 --> 00:06:15.660Bless you.18600:06:16.640 --> 00:06:19.260If you enjoyed today's episode, let us know.18700:06:19.640 --> 00:06:22.120And don't forget to subscribe, rate, and review18800:06:22.120 --> 00:06:23.960to help us reach more listeners.18900:06:24.620 --> 00:06:27.520Remember, sharing your faith ignites your faith.19000:06:28.080 --> 00:06:29.960See you next time on the Ignite with19100:06:29.960 --> 00:06:31.180Barry Meguiar podcast.