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, 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 pass 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 semi-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."
The young man looked at the house. 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 hall way 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 ask 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 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 and
that
God still speaks to His people.
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dictate.
Thanks to Rosie Raposo
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