Provider of All Things

Sometimes what appears to be so minor to others in reality can be very major. Tuesday a young man came to mind and I shared with my husband that I thought he needed him. My husband called right away and as God would have it, the young man had the day off. It was a wonderful time for my husband to take him and the two of them spend the entire morning together. Little did I know that this young man had a huge issue. It wasn't until this afternoon when my husband advised me that he needed to run to this young man's house and would I like to go. I said, "Yes."

 I didn't know it at the time but my husband was dropping off some finances that they desperately needed. We visited for a while and then I heard the young man say to my husband, "I still haven't found my keys."

The young man had lost his keys. . . not just a key or one key but his entire key chain with all of his keys on the ring. You see, in order for this young man to get another key made to his vehicle, it would cost around 200.00 - two hundred dollars that he didn't have.

For two days he and his wife had turned his entire house upside down looking in every nook and cranny. The next day he would need to return to work and he needed his keys. He hadn't even been able to check his mail for a few days or lock his home. He shared about breaking into his car to see if he had possibly left them there. They checked everywhere and he said that he had retraced his steps a thousand times - still no keys!

I stood in the door way and tried to discern if the Lord would place on my heart where they might be. I couldn't leave. I stood there listening, longing, for God to speak. I finally said, "We have to pray!" We stood in the entryway and held hands. Together we came before the Lord and I prayed asking God to reveal where the keys were. I praised the Lord for His care for us and what he was about to do. Together we agreed and gave out a  big "Amen!"

An hour later our doorbell rang. My husband called for me to come to the door and there stood the young man with his keys in his hands. We all shouted, lifted our hands before the Lord and praised him!!! What a mighty God we serve!

The young man said that about thirty minutes after our prayer his wife picked up something in the basement and there were the keys.

How glorious! Great and Mighty God.

Hearing From God

Thursday August 5th I shared with my husband that he needed to go and see Tom - an elderly man in our church. My husband said that he would. There was no reason to see him. He had not been ill that we knew of and no one asked us to go and see Tom. It was simply the prompting of the Holy Spirit. I had no idea what was happening only that my husband needed to go and see him.

My husband said that he would go after he came back from the men's retreat. He returned home Saturday night and of course Sunday morning he was busy with the church. I again shared on Sunday that he needed to go and see Tom. He said that he would go Monday.

Monday morning while on my way to Denver, I called home to remind my husband that he needed to go and see Tom. He waited until the afternoon before going. When he finally arrived at the house he was told that they had just taken Tom to the emergency room.

Tom has a hole in his heart and will need a procedure tomorrow. I will pray for Tom and his healing. God continues to teach us about his workings and the way he speaks and moves. We must be quick to listen and quick to obey.