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A young man had been to
Wednesday night Bible Study. The Pastor had shared about listening to God and
obeying the Lord's voice. The young man couldn't help but wonder, "Does God
still speak to
people?"
After service he went out with some friends for coffee and pie and
they discussed the message. Several different ones talked about how God
had led them in different ways.
It was about ten o'clock when the young man started driving home.
Sitting in his car, he just began to pray, "God...If you still speak to people
speak to me. I will listen. I will do my best to obey."
As he drove down the main street of his town, he had the strangest thought to
stop and buy a gallon of milk. He shook his head and said out loud, God is
that you?" He didn't get a reply and started on toward home. But again, the
thought, buy a gallon of milk. The young man thought about Samuel and how he
didn't recognize the voice of God, and how little Samuel ran to Eli. "Okay,
God, in case that is you, I will buy the milk." It didn't seem like too hard a
test of obedience. He could always use the milk.
He stopped and purchased the gallon of milk and started off toward home. As he
passed Seventh Street, he again felt the urge, "Turn down that street." This
is crazy he thought and drove on past the
intersection. Again, he felt that he should turn down Seventh Street. At the
next intersection, he turned back and headed down Seventh. Half jokingly, he
said out loud, "Okay, God, I will". He drove several blocks, when suddenly, he
felt like he should stop. He pulled over to the curb and looked around. He was
in a commercial area of town. It wasn't the best but it wasn't the worst of neighborhoods either.
The businesses were closed and most of the houses looked dark like the people
were already in bed. Again, he sensed something, "Go and give the milk to the
people in the house across the street." It was dark and it looked like the
people were either gone or they were already asleep. He started to open the
door and then sat back in the car seat. "Lord, this is insane. Those people
are asleep and if I wake them up, they are going to be mad and I will look
stupid." Again, he felt like he should go and give the milk.
Finally, he opened the door, "Okay God, if this is you, I will go to the door and I will give them the milk If you want me to look like a crazy
person, okay. I want to be obedient. I guess that will count for something but
if they don't answer right away, I am out of here.
"He walked across the street and rang the bell. He could hear some
noise inside. A man's voice yelled out, "Who is it? What do you want?" Then
the door opened before the young man could get away.
The man was standing there in his jeans and T-shirt. He looked like he just
got out of bed. He had a strange look on his face and he didn't seem too happy
to have some stranger standing on his doorstep.
"What is it?" The young man thrust out the gallon of milk, "Here, I brought this to you." The man took the milk and rushed down a hallway
speaking loudly in Spanish. Then from down the hall came a woman carrying the
milk toward the kitchen. The man was following her holding a baby. The baby
was crying. The man had tears streaming down his face. The man began
speaking and half crying, "We were just praying. We had some big bills this
month and we ran out of money. We didn't have any milk for our baby. I was
just praying and asking God to show me how to get some milk."
His wife in the kitchen yelled out, "I asked Him to send an Angel
with some. Are you an Angel?"
The young man reached into his wallet and pulled out all the money he
had on him and put it in the man's hand. He turned and walked back toward his
car and the tears were streaming down his face. He knew that God still
answers prayers.
WITH GOD ALL THINGS ARE
POSSIBLE.
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