Conspicuous Provision
June 7
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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