Here is a little story that I would like to share:
God Will Save Me
A terrible storm came into a town and local officials sent out an emergency warning that the riverbanks would soon overflow and flood the nearby homes. They ordered everyone in the town to evacuate immediately.
A faithful Christian man heard the warning and decided to stay, saying to himself, “I will trust God and if I am in danger, then God will send a divine miracle to save me.”
The neighbors came by his house and said to him, “We’re leaving and there is room for you in our car, please come with us!” But the man declined. “I have faith that God will save me.”
As the man stood on his porch watching the water rise up the steps, a man in a canoe paddled by and called to him, “Hurry and come into my canoe, the waters are rising quickly!” But the man again said, “No thanks, God will save me.”
The floodwaters rose higher pouring water into his living room and the man had to retreat to the second floor. A police motorboat came by and saw him at the window. “We will come up and rescue you!” they shouted. But the man refused, waving them off saying, “Use your time to save someone else! I have faith that God will save me!”
The flood waters rose higher and higher and the man had to climb up to his rooftop.
A helicopter spotted him and dropped a rope ladder. A rescue officer came down the ladder and pleaded with the man, “Grab my hand and I will pull you up!” But the man STILL refused, folding his arms tightly to his body. “No thank you! God will save me!”
Shortly after, the house broke up and the floodwaters swept the man away and he drowned.
When in Heaven, the man stood before God and asked, “I put all of my faith in You. Why didn’t You come and save me?”
And God said, “Son, I sent you a warning. I sent you a car. I sent you a canoe. I sent you a motorboat. I sent you a helicopter. What more were you looking for?”
Sometimes we find ourselves so caught up in the way that we want things to happen that we miss what The Lord is trying to show us. I know that there are many times that I find myself wanting what I want and not even thinking about what God wants for me. I get so caught up in the idea of how I think something should happen that I do not even see The Lord. I get caught up on how I think I would like to fall in love, or how my day should go, or when I should do this or that. This is when we need to pray that we can open the eyes of our hearts. When the eyes of my heart are open I always am amazed at what God brings into my life and the way that he does it. It is always in a way that I never thought about myself. And that makes sense because what the Lord has planned for us is so great that we can’t imagine it in our minds until we allow ourselves to let go and let it happen and to open the eyes of our hearts.
“Open my eyes that I may see wonderful things in your law”-Psalm 119:18
GOD BLESS
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