In
Faith
If you believe, you will receive
whatever you ask for in prayer.
Matthew 21:22
Doug was in the first year of his
pastorate at Faith Hill Fellowship. One of his responsibilities was
facilitating a weekly drug-rehab meeting in the church’s basement.
After loading a box of supplies into the back of the van, Doug, and
his wife, Linda, climbed in for the ten mile trip to the church.
Doug noticed the gas gauge read empty.
“That’s strange,” he commented.
“What’s strange?” she asked.
“I filled the tank yesterday, now
it’s empty.” Realization dawned, “Somebody broke into the
garage and siphoned our gas last night!”
“No way!” Linda wasn’t sure if
she was more mad than scared over the sanctity of their home being
violated.
Doug forced himself to focus on the
immediate problem…he began to pray, “Lord, we need to be at this
meeting. I ask that You restore what the thief has stolen. Please
cause what gas is left in the tank to get us there. Amen.”
“You can’t be serious!” Linda
argued. “We’ll never make it!”
“God’s word says that if we
believe, we have what we ask for. I believe He’ll get us there,”
he said pragmatically. So, pulling out of the garage, they put feet
to their faith. As they drove the gauge never moved. Twenty minutes
later, they arrived at the church without incident. Opening the van’s
back door to get the box, Doug was amazed to find a $20 dollar bill
lying beside it. It hadn’t been there when he’d loaded the box!
Besides stretching the gas, God had mysteriously provided for a tank
of gas too!
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Doug and Linda will never forget the
way God answered their prayer. It is well they shouldn’t; it was
answered exactly as they had believed for in faith!
Stories like Doug and Linda’s are not
uncommon. Divine arrangements are no big deal for the Creator of the
Universe. Our expectations, however, tend to lack unyielding belief.
We generally give up before the manifestation.
God is interested in teaching us about
His nature, and will go about doing that in wonder-filled ways that
stretch both us…and our faith. Would you, in faith, be willing to
ask, expecting His answer?
Prayer
“Lord, Your word says I
should ask believing. Help me believe. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.”
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