“For there is nothing hidden that will not be disclosed, and nothing concealed that will not be known or brought out into the open.” — Luke 8:16 -17
I’d like to tell you a story. Although it took place a few years ago, it really encouraged my family’s faith and I believe that glorifies the Lord.
We had just bought a new camera (I had broken our old one after excitedly jumping up in the air as our 16 year old Stephen had gotten an interception during a high school football game). That football play cost me $200! About a month later, unexplainably (except that I had four boys in my home), our new camera suddenly disappeared. That was pretty discouraging (not just because we had lost the camera), but Christmas season was upon us and we had no good way to record the special moments that would come (camera phones were not what they are today)!
We scoured our home from top to bottom looking for the misplaced memory maker. A lot of mornings I woke up thinking about where the camera could be. Weeks went by and we’d almost given up hope when God reminded me, “You know, you can trust me by asking me to help you.”
I gathered our family together after dinner one night. We circled up and I shared some verses I’d been reading that week in Daniel which said, “Daniel replied, ‘No wise man, enchanter, magician or diviner can explain to the king the mystery he has asked about, but there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries.’” — Daniel 2:27-28
We prayed and I asked God to help us specifically find the camera “within the next 15 minutes”.
To make a long story short, we all spread out to designated areas, and EXACTLY 15 minutes later, (as I pulled one of many boxes out of our cold storage and lifted out some papers) — there it was! My son Jonathan yelled “We found it!” We all gathered again and thanked God for His kindness. He is indeed the revealer of mysteries. Thank you, Lord.
Lesson learned? Prayer works. Try it.
Bill
Posted in A Word from the Pastor