Believe God for a miracle today! courtesy Lighthouse
Yesterday was
Christmas, and as the year 2016 draws to an end, can you believe God for a
miracle today?
Here’s a story to
inspire you.
Mother's father
worked as a carpenter. On this
particular day, he was building some crates for the clothes his church was
sending to some orphanage in China. On
his way home, he reached into his shirt pocket to find his glasses, but they
were gone. When he mentally replayed his
earlier actions, he realized what happened; the glasses had slipped out of his
pocket unnoticed and fallen into one of the crates, which he had nailed
shut. His brand new glasses were heading
for China!
The Great Depression
was at its height and Grandpa had six children.
He had spent $20 for those glasses that very morning. He was upset by the thought of having to buy
another pair.
"It's not
fair," he told God as he drove home in frustration. "I've been very faithful in giving of my
time and money to your work, and now this."
Several months later,
the director of the orphanage was on furlough in the United States. He wanted to visit all the churches that
supported him in China, so he came to speak one Sunday at my grandfather's
small church in Chicago.
The missionary began
by thanking the people for their faithfulness in supporting the orphanage. "But most of all," he said, "I
must thank you for the glasses you sent last year. You see, the Communists had just swept through
the orphanage, destroying everything, including my glasses. I was desperate. Even if I had the money, there was simply no
way of replacing those glasses. Along with not being able to see well, I
experienced headaches every day, so my co-workers and I were much in prayer
about this. Then your crates arrived.
When my staff removed the covers, they found a pair of glasses lying on top.
The missionary paused
long enough to let his words sink in.
Then, still gripped with the wonder of it all, he continued:
"Folks, when I tried on the glasses, it was as though they had been
custom-made just for me! I want to thank
you for being a part of that."
The people listened,
happy for the miraculous glasses. But the missionary surely must have confused
their church with another, they thought.
There were no glasses on their list of items to be sent overseas.
But sitting quietly
in the back, with tears streaming down his face, an ordinary carpenter realized
the Master Carpenter had used him in an extraordinary way.
You may not know how
God will do it, but His Word says “And we know that God causes everything to
work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to
his purpose for them.” Romans 8:28
So believe God for a
miracle today.
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