Does God Still Speak To Men?
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 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 and that God still speaks
to His people. Do Ya ?
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THIS IS A SIMPLE TEST.......
If you love Jesus, send this to ten people and the person that sent
it to you!!!!!!!!