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My radio was tuned to "The Fish" (as usual) and I turned down the volume so that I could have a little "chat" with God. "Lord," I said. "You know that I am traveling to meet old friends at this funeral and I need my phone. I am by myself and besides, I have never been to this funeral home and may have to call them if I get lost. So please tell me what you want me to do. I am too far away from home to go to the Apple store near my house. But I need a working phone, so I am turning this one over to you!"
I finished my prayer and turned the volume back up on the radio. Praise the Lord, there was Mac Powell's beautiful voice with the rest of Third Day singing, "Show Me Your Glory"!!! I just laughed out loud at that moment and said, "Okay, God--I get it! You are going to 'Show Me Your Glory'! I can hardly wait to see this 'Glory Revealed!"
At that moment, I had a thought--up ahead was a large mall and it occurred to me that there was probably an AT&T store somewhere around the mall. So I made the decision to get off the freeway at the mall exit and look for an AT&T store since they also sell iphones. Confident that due to "God's Glory", I would find one, I took my exit and got to the top of the ramp at the red light. As I was crossing over the freeway, I immediately realized that I had taken the WRONG exit! Oh! Well! I was pressed for time, but figured I just needed to find a place to turn around and go back to the freeway and take the next exit. I had gone about a block and was preparing to turn at the light when all of a sudden I see an AT&T sign right in front of me!
I pulled into the parking lot, parked my car and took my phone into the store. After telling the nice young man who waited on me about my dilemma, he did something called a "hard reset" that involved holding down two different buttons at the same time. I don't understand the technology, but I did understand that it worked! I was out of the store and on my way in about 5 minutes!
This story was for me, a vivid illustration that God listens and answers even the smallest of prayers. Not only did he give me the inspiration to look for an AT&T store, but he caused me to exit at just the right time, which was different that where I thought I was going! And isn't that just like God--leading us in a direction that is not where we thought we were going to go!
It also shows that our FAITH involves CONFIDENCE, a KNOWING that "All is Well" and that God is in charge. It requires that we TRUST God to handle things in his way and his time. And he loves it when we demonstrate our faith and trust through our thoughts, words and actions. It also proves that when we surrender to HIS plan, he works things out for us in miraculous ways--ways that we could never accomplish on our own. I completely trusted him and even when I thought I was on the "wrong" path, he showed me that by following him, I was exactly where I needed to be.
He also gave me an amazing gift--the gift of a promise! Third Day's song "Show Me Your Glory" is from the "Come Together" album that was released in 2001. So the song is essentially 8 years old and even though it is one of my all-time favorites, I hardly ever hear it on the radio any more. So just hearing the song at all was unusual, but to hear it at that very moment was a miracle. And proves that we serve an AWESOME God with a great sense of humor!
So the next time you face one of those frustrating, everyday life "challenges", stop for a moment, look up and ask God to "Show His Glory"! He might just surprise you!
Deborah J. Thompson is a writer, artist and Stephen Minister. Her articles are published by Crosswalk.com and "The Fish" family of Christian radio station websites around the country. She shares "Reflections" on Life and Marriage on her website, www.inspiredreflections.info. And she is working on her first book, Your Life, Your Choice, which gives 5 simple steps to harness the power of your choices and bring more Love, Joy and Peace into your life. Join her on Facebook and Twitter/InspireReflect.
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