For where two or three come together in my name, there am I with them. Matthew 18:20
I had a most wonderful time with CB on Tuesday during our prayer meeting on campus. Sensing that as a leadership team we should be more grounded in prayer this semester, our team carved out 2 prayer meeting times during the week - Friday mornings @ 7:15 in the Inter- Faith Chapel, and Tuesdays 12:30p-1:30p.
This Tuesday, I came out to my first prayer meeting and half expected another girl to come, but at the end, it was just CB and I. We went over to the Theatre building across from the library because usually they have very nice carpeted areas with sofas. We ended up going down a small flight of stairs in this somewhat dark area with stacks of chairs around us because a lot of other students were sitting around and reading.
A nice cozy spot and CB suggested that since we haven't really looked over our SFU prayer book, we can read out some of it, pray from it and let the Spirit guide us. As we prayed, many things came up. As we sat with these stacks of chairs right behind us, I was reminded of the small group of students who gathered under a haystack (because of a sudden thunderstorm) and prayed. And because of their faith that our God is a God that answers prayers, they prayed and because of that we have student movements and fellowships all across Canada and US campuses today.
We weren't at the haystack but we were by a 'chairstack' and I suspect both places would have been just as dusty and random. So as we continued praying, claiming this campus for God and for His Name, and praising Him, our dark corner lit up from the sunlight that penetrated. Not only this, but both CB and myself began hearing people singing "How great is our God". We thought wow, must be some people singing in the Forum Chambers next door, and cool for God to orchestrate such a thing.
After closing of a wonderful, quiet and emotional time of prayer, we decided to ask the lady in the box office of the Theatre building. We asked her where the singing came from but she told us she didn't hear anything and was concentrating on her computer work. We left the building and walked by the Forum Chambers only to find that nobody was in there except for the guy that sells Vegetarian lunches every Tuesday by donation.
CB and I still do not know where that music, that choir of people (or was it angels) came from, but I suspect our prayers was something that God honoured and that which glorified Him. I am coming to see the truth in what Jesus said in Matthew 18:20. CB and I, two of us came together for a prayer meeting on campus and Jesus met us there.
