God Provides

God Provides

A one gallon gas can told me

God would provide my needs.

The other day I was coming home.

I came up to a red light

and in front of me was a new red Cadillac.

When the light turned green,

the Cadillac did not move.

The long line of cars behind me

started beeping their horns

and speeding out around me.

It was almost 9:00pm and I was tired.

I had just picked up a movie, “Facing the Giants.”

 (an inspiring Christian film)

Sandy was waiting for me to return

so we could watch it that night.

As much as I wanted to pull out and go home,

I had a greater desire to help this motorist.

I got out of my car and walked

up to the driver’s window

of this new Cadillac.

Sitting behind the wheel was a

frighten young girl holding a cell phone;

not wanting to roll down the window.

Through the glass,

I asked her what her problem was.

She said,

“This is my mother’s car

and I think I am out of gas.”

After I pushed her car off to the side of the road,

I told her to sit still and I would get some gas.

I went up the road to a gas station

and asked the clerk if they had a gas can,

which they didn’t. 

It was at this moment I saw God showed up!

Going out the door was a tough looking man

with extensive tattoo work.

He said to me,
 “I have a gas can.”

He went through his trunk

and pulled out a one gallon can.

I put $3.25 of gas in it and together,

we went back to the frightened young girl

in the new red Cadillac.

The car started, the young girl asked the other man

if she could pay him and he said,

“No, it will come back to me some day when I am in need.” 

There seemed nothing left for me to say after that,

so I gave her a card with our church name on it

along with Sandy’s and mine and said,

“God bless you.”

So why was I prompted to write this story?

It’s because of the gas can.

The gas station didn’t have a can,

so God sent one from Grand Rapids, Michigan,

200 miles away!

This unlikely man…

at the exact moment…

heard my need as I asked the clerk…

and happened to have a gas can in his trunk…

with his clothes…

he was taking with him

to Georgia for the weekend.

There are some things in life

that have only one explanation…

“GOD”

Scripture Reading

Philemon 4:18-19 NLT

18 At the moment I have all I need

— more than I need!

I am generously supplied with the gifts

you sent me with Epaphroditus.

They are a sweet-smelling sacrifice

that is acceptable to God and pleases him.

19 And this same God

who takes care of me

will supply all your needs

from his glorious riches,

which have been given to us

in Christ Jesus.