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THE LITTLE THINGS YOU DO!
The little things you do seem so little sometimes, but they might mean
SO MUCH to someone else.
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, 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 here 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 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
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.
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