Wow. . . this is soooo touching! May you KNOW with all of your being that
God DOES indeed still speak to His people even TODAY.
Does God Still Speak To Men?
A young man had been to Wednesday night BibleStudy.
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 too 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 themilk toward the kitchen.
The man was following her holding a baby. The babywas 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.