Continued from GWGYMTYCH…
Picture this: You’re on a mission trip. You decide that it would agreat idea to have a “neighborhood feeding.” This means, in Texas
parlance, that you’re going to have a BBQ and feed whoever shows up.
You do your estimates based on: what people tell you, your own
experience, how much money you have, etc. Let’s say that you plan to
feed 100 people. You go to Sam’s/Walmart and purchase the needed food
and prepare it for the feeding.
experience, how much money you have, etc. Let’s say that you plan to
feed 100 people. You go to Sam’s/Walmart and purchase the needed food
and prepare it for the feeding.
At first, there is a slow trickle of people who come. But then,
word gets around and you have lots of people lined up. More than
likely, you will have more than 100.
word gets around and you have lots of people lined up. More than
likely, you will have more than 100.
What do you do?
- Start to plan how you can tell everyone that there
might not be enough? It is unlikely that anyone will starve because you
ran out of food. - Try to figure out if you have
enough time to go back to Sam’s/Walmart and get more food? You’ve got
the cash or, even better yet, a credit card. - Try to ration the food you have so that everyone only gets the bare minimum?
- Pray and ask God to provide more. You know, like the five loaves and two fishes…
I’ve been in the situation above a few times and I have never even
considered #4. I don’t need to because I can and will do all of the
other three. Also, each time it happened, I was fairly certain that no one
was going to starve if they didn’t get a hot dog.
considered #4. I don’t need to because I can and will do all of the
other three. Also, each time it happened, I was fairly certain that no one
was going to starve if they didn’t get a hot dog.
Have you ever been in a position where God had to help you or you would completely, disastrously fail?
