Shoulder taps

I watched a short video this morning.  This man recalls having lunch with his wife and noticed an older woman sitting alone at a table.  She was joined by what appeared to be her daughter and some grand kids.  The gentlemen felt he should tell the woman how nice she looked, so when their meal was finished, and they were leaving the restaurant he stopped at her table and leaned down and said, “I don’t know if anyone has told you today, but you look lovely.”  It got very quiet and then the woman said, “I know you”.  To which the gentlemen replied, “No, we’ve never met”.  Then she said “Yes, I know your spirit. My husband died a year ago, and that is something he would have said”.  At that point, with tears in their eyes they embraced and went about their day. 

They point the gentleman wanted to make was, when God taps you on the shoulder, listen.  Both had been blessed by his willingness to listen and respond to God’s tap on his shoulder.

This reminded me of a time I was having lunch with a friend.  It was a restaurant we eat at frequently.  There was an employee who would walk around with a basket of bread sticks and give them out to the customers. I just remember one day she stopped at our table, looked at me and said, “You’re a Christian, aren’t you?”.  I replied that yes, I was.  Then she said, “I could tell by the countenance of your face.  I recognized His Spirit.” And then she moved on to the next table and continued to distribute bread sticks.  I believe I was on the receiving end of a “shoulder tap”.  I felt that God had taken a moment to tell me He saw me, that He knew me.  I’ve never forgotten that brief encounter and the impact it had on my life.

So, when God taps you on the shoulder – listen and obey and be both a blessing and blessed.