Give Me A Sign, Lord
Merrell and I had some business to take
care of one day in downtown Oklahoma City. Once we arrived we took an exit off
Interstate 40 and headed north up Robinson Ave. We had only traveled a few
blocks when we noticed a man standing on the sidewalk next to the road carrying
a large sandwich sign.
As we got closer, we could clearly read a
quote from the Bible on one side of the sign which had obviously been hand-painted.
I was so impressed with this man's boldness and devotion to spread the Word of
God that I just had to go back and tell him.
We swung the car around and once we parked
we walked over to him and struck up a conversation. He told us he had been
doing this for years and it was just his way of spreading the Gospel.
I asked him if there was anything we could
do for him. He said the thick plywood signs he carried were very heavy and he
had to use several of them in order to share multiple scriptures.
He said he really wished he could get a lighter
sign that was made in such a way he could change the letters out instead of
having to hand paint a different message on several different signs . I told
him I didn't have any money to buy him a sign but I would be willing to pray
for Him (Silver and gold have I none, but...).
Now I had seen the Lord provide some remarkable
answers to prayer up to that time and my faith was at high tide that day. I told
this gentleman that he was doing a very good thing by sharing the Word on a
busy street and I believed the Lord would answer his request.
So this gentleman took hands with Merrell and me and the three of us prayed right there in downtown Oklahoma City as the afternoon traffic sped by.
"Lord," I began. "You said in
Matthew 18:19, 'If two of you shall agree on earth as touching anything that
they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in Heaven.'"
"Now, Lord, you see this man is trying
to spread the Gospel and he needs a better sign," I continued. "So I
stand in agreement with this man that you're going to make the way for him to
have what he needs and I thank you for it in Jesus' name. Amen!"
I turned to the man and said, "Brother,
I believe God heard us and He's going to give you what you need!" We stood
there visiting for what couldn't have been more than a minute when a pickup passed
by that had some type of lettering on the door.
It traveled about a block then turned
around. As it approached, it pulled over next to the curb beside us and the
driver rolled down his window. He explained to the man with the signs that he
greatly respected what he was doing and would like to help him out.
He said (you guessed it), "I own a
company that makes plastic signs and I would like to provide one for you. You
can change out the lettering on it and that way you won't have to carry all
those heavy wooden signs around."
"But
I don't have the money to pay for one," The gentleman told the driver.
"You don't have to," the driver explained to the old man.
"They're free and I'll give you as many as you want for as long as you
need them."
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Note: There really is power in agreement and God is
true to
His Word. If we will do our part, He is
faithful to do
His part. The Bible says in 1st John 3:22,
"And whatever we ask, we receive of Him,
because
we keep His commandments, and
do what is pleasing in His sight."
Have a
blessed day and be sure to join me next week for more:
"Acts of an
Awesome God!"
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