
“…everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.” Matthew 7:8
Standing before me, looking more like a surgeon than a waiter, I had asked. And though the mask he wore hid his face, his whole body was rebelling at the question. So I asked again, in a different way. And he lied to me…again!
Being the first day the restaurants were allowed to open after the ‘pandemic,’ it was a fun occasion for us. I missed taking Katie out to eat. I also hated that restaurant employees had it hard and planned on a good meal and nice tip. Wearing a hat with a cross on it, I made sure my waiter knew where I was coming from. I thought we hit it off…since he called me ‘my friend’ several times. He seemed genuine and I genuinely I liked him…until the lie!
It was check time, and I just decided to throw it out there along with the big tip. “So… are you a Jesus guy?” He gave me the ‘blow off’ answer… “I believe in God.” So I asked the next question. “Which God?” It seemed he started speaking in tongues! Because what he answered made NO sense at all. “I don’t presume to know about different gods and believe”… blah blah blah!
He had shown promise! In his concern and fear about a virus, he seemed ripe to discuss the subject of something MUCH more certain and worse… hell! But no! He showed no concern, care or interest in even pursuing the subject of salvation! And it is more frighting to me than any disaster. People today talk endlessly about temporary things, but not about eternal things after life ends! Death looms over us all…and few consider to ask about a solution!
Even though he showed no signs of interest, I pointed to the cross on my hat and explained the torturous death Christ died for HIM.. out of love. I then handed him a card with the Gospel, even though he told me he had heard it all before! This morning I prayed for him, and ASKED God to give my waiter ‘friend’ a little kick in his spiritual buttuski.
After considering the scenario over and over again, I did everything I could have done. Jesus asked me to ask the waiter. I asked Jesus to serve the waiter. Which leads me to ask… What is Jesus asking YOU to ask for?