Photo by Dee Kamp
Beyond
the Call to Duty
While feeling overwhelmed in the pre-operative room
with at least five people hovering over me with questions and doing procedures in
preparation for my surgery I suddenly found fear creeping in and I was unable
to form even the smallest prayer. But I didn’t have to, for God had called one
of His prayer warriors to be on duty that day.
“When did we
see You sick, or in prison, and come to You?? The King will answer an and say
to them, ‘Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did it to one of these
brothers of Mine, even the least of them, you did it to Me’” Matthew
25:39-40
I felt a cool light touch on my shoulder and I
turned to see a new woman standing near me. She was smiling so kindly and said softly in my ear, “Are you a little bit
afraid?”
I could only nod my head in agreement. I was
surprised by her next question. I thought it would be one more medical related
one, but she said instead, “Do you pray?”
Once more I nodded my head at her and to my delight
I heard her say, “May I pray for you now?”
She leaned so close to my ear I felt her breath and
the words she prayed to Jesus for me filled me with and extraordinary peace. I
slipped off to sleep thinking I sure want to thank her later, but sadly, I
never saw her again and no one seemed to know who she was.
I shared this wonderful moment with another nurse
later and to my surprise there was shock on her face and she said with concern,
“Why she could have lost her job for doing that! We aren’t allowed to pray or
profess our faith at all here.”
I smiled and said to her, “Then I want to be just
like her. I want to love Jesus more, beyond my own comfort and security. That
dear woman went beyond the call to duty, she obeyed the call of the Father.”
“Beyond the Call to Duty” by Dee Kamp, Grace Every
Morning Ministries© March 28, 2016
