Allan writes:

Last Sunday Steve suggested we join him in keeping track of the ways God shows us what he is doing in building his Kingdom. I was thinking about this afterwards, over a cup of coffee that Jane made for me, when a younger man approached me and said something like: "I need some help in my Christian faith journey. I understand you might be able to do that for me." I was blown away, but remembered that often God answers our prayers even before we ask them.

So I've been thinking about this all week. And here's another Sunday. So here goes.

I want to encourage heaps of people to seek God's Kingdom, because God promises that if you seek Him, you will find Him. No ifs or buts! When I see someone maturing in their faith, I'm excited. But it does not happen by osmosis, or photosynthesis. Generally it happens because someone takes an interest in another person and walks beside them on the journey.

So what have I observed this last week? I had a rather quiet week, actually. I've been able to give myself to finishing an admin job that has been hanging over my head for nearly nine months. But I had a Skype chat to an acquaintance in Rotorua who is coming out of retirement to do a 10-month stint on the mission field in a support capacity. We heard from our son and daughter-in-law who returned from overseas. God has blessed them in a time of adjustment and now they are asking him, "What of the future?" We were able to help a family that was 'stricken' with a flu bug. I helped a friend get into a new task (for him) in the church. I walked around the streets in Queenspark to prepare for a trip that might not happen this week because of the weather! I talked to an Indian young woman who is studying at the College of Education. I smiled at some people and said "Hello." I read the Bible and prayed - including for a friend who sent an SOS call on Wednesday. I called on a business friend to drop off some magazines. And there's probably other stuff that's slipped my memory.

So what was God doing? I may not know. But he does.

Keep praying. Keep reading. Keep asking God for Kingdom signs. Is he at work? Jesus said so.