The Lord's Voice
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 came, "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 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 hallway.
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.
This is so true. Sometimes it's the simplest things that God asks us to do. They
can cause us, if we are obedient to what He's asking, to be able to hear
His voice more clearly than ever. Please listen, and obey! It will bless
you (and the world). Phil 4:13