Saturday, September 17, 2011

Favor With God and Man

So we’re moving.  Uhuh.  Don’t worry, we’re staying nearby, but we’re getting a place that’s not so expensive to pay for and keep up. 

But that’s not the point of this post.  Because we’re downsizing, we have given truck loads of stuff away.  Today I filled up a U-Haul truck with bookcases, a king water bed, a twin water bed, a huge entertainment center, and lots of other furniture items.  I took them to a charitable organization (that I won’t name here), because when I called them I was told that they DO accept furniture.
When I backed into their donation area, a guy who works there told me they only take furniture upon “inspection.”  When he saw what I had, he went and got his supervisor.  While he was gone, the thought came to me to pray for favor with these guys.  So that’s what I did.  I just had a moment with Jesus right there at the donation center lot, and asked Him to give me favor with these two dudes.  They came out, and the supervisor asked me what I had to give them.  When I got to the king waterbed, he said they couldn’t take it….it was too big for them.  After a minute or so of conversation on this topic, the supervisor suddenly told me he would take the waterbed.  Why he changed his mind, I have no idea.  Except that I had asked God for favor with him.
And then another worker showed up, and he saw a “Fireproof” sticker I had placed on a cabinet and he commented about what a great movie that was.  So now I was talking with a brother.  And he jumped in the U-Haul and helped me unload, after the other two had disappeared.
God is for us.  Be willing to ask for what you need.  (Psalm 56:9; John 16:23,24)

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