Conspicuous
Provision
He does as he
pleases with the powers of heaven and the peoples of the earth.
Daniel 4:35
“Your change, Sir!” the cashier
called.
Three cents? Not really worth
going back for, Bill thought as he turned, saying, “You can put
the three cents in the penny jar.”
“What about the other eighty
dollars?!” she asked, bewildered.
“What?! I gave you a Twenty,” Bill
responded, recalling the three Twenties he’d placed in his pocket
that morning.
“No, Sir,” she said. “You paid me
with this Hundred-dollar bill. See,” she adamantly replied, pulling
the bill from the drawer to show him. He watched in silent amazement
as she replaced the Hundred and counted out eighty dollars change.
Placing the money in his pocket he
headed for his other two stops, wondering what had happened. He was
positive he’d given her a Twenty, yet couldn’t explain the
Hundred she’d produced. He thought of the “loaves and fishes”
in Matthew 14, but quickly dismissed it, thinking, Why would God
change a Twenty into a Hundred?
His subsequent stops provided the
answer. Each of the two purchases was exactly forty dollars! Using
the change from the Hundred to pay for them, Bill realized this was a
lesson on God’s provision…and the supernatural extremes to which
He will go to meet our needs!
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Change a Twenty into a Hundred?
Impossible! Right?!
That depends on how limited or
unlimited your perception of God’s power is.
Today’s scenario is the account of
one of my closest friends. I believe every word. Why? For two
reasons. First…Bill is a godly man of great moral character and
integrity; he does not lie. Second and more important…God is
capable of doing what Bill claims.
Yet, even with scriptures that exhibit
the limitless scope of God’s power and creativity, there is a
greater propensity for us to doubt the validity of such claims than
there is to believe.
When we were children we had no trouble
believing what we were told. Sadly, our grown-up reasoning
tells us that these kinds of things don’t really happen.
It is paramount, where the things of
God are concerned, that we return to the childlike reasoning of; God
said it…I believe Him…case closed.
Prayer
“Creator God, I want a
simple, childlike faith, that believes in Your complete and
omnipotent power. Help me believe. Amen.”
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