DOES GOD STILL SPEAK TO US?
Sarah0069(AT)aol.com
Mon, 18 Jan 1999 21:25:01 EST
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> 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 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 to 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.
>
> THIS IS A SIMPLE TEST.......
> If you love Jesus, send this to ten people and the person that sent it to
> you!!!!!!!! >> >> >>