The following story is a reprint from an Internet post
...origin unknown!
A young man was
getting ready to graduate from college.
For many months he had admired a beautiful sports car in a dealers showroom,
and knowing his father could well afford it, he told him that was all he
wanted. As Graduation Day approached, the young man awaited signs that his
father had purchased the car. Finally, on the morning of his graduation, his
father called him into his private study, told him how proud he was to have
such a fine son, and how much he loved him. He handed him a beautifully wrapped
gift box.
Curious, but somewhat
disappointed, the young man opened the box and found a handsome leather-bound
Bible, with his name embossed in gold. Angrily, he raised his voice to his
father and said, "With all your money, the best you can do is give me a
Bible?" He stormed out of the house, leaving the Bible behind.
Many years passed and the
young man was very successful in business. He had a beautiful home and
wonderful family, but realized that by now, his father was very old. He thought
perhaps he should go to him and try to mend their broken relationship since he
had not seen him since that fateful graduation day; however, before he could
make arrangements, he received a telegram telling him his father had passed
away. The telegram also told him that his father had willed all of his
possessions to him and that he was needed at home immediately to take care of
things.
When he arrived at his father's
house, sadness and regret filled his heart. He began to search through his
father's important documents and saw the Bible, still new, just as he had left
it years ago. With tears, he opened the Bible and began to turn the pages. His
father had carefully underlined a verse, Matt 7:11, "And if ye, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your
children, how much more shall your Heavenly Father which is in Heaven, give to
those who ask Him?" As he read those words, a car key dropped from the
back of the Bible. It had a tag with the dealers name, the same dealer who had
the sports car he had desired. On the tag was the date of his graduation, and
the words,
PAID IN FULL....How many times do we miss God's blessings because
they are not packaged as we expected?
Could this be you today?
Waiting to receive the blessing of a loving Heavenly Father, but so
close-minded in your response to the outpouring of His love that you fail to
see the gift and the blessing that He wants to give you. Are you angry and
estranged from the one who created you because your life is not nor has it ever
been what you thought it should be? Do you still blame God for the hard times,
skinned knees and bruised egos that have left you bitter and not better in this
race called LIFE?
In His word, Jesus said, " I have come that they may have life,
and that they may have it more abundantly!" John 10:10 Jesus has done His part; He has kept his
promises and He gives us new life. But if we are not looking for his blessing
with spiritual eyes, but rather our worldly eyes, we may miss the blessings
that He intended for our lives because they did not come wrapped as we expected
or in the timely manner that we thought best for our life.
So, if you are bitter because you believe that God has not kept up His end of the
bargain, then realize this...
God is not in the bartering business...He is in
the BLESSING business. He does that on His terms and on His timetable, so if
you are not ready to trust God in his infinite wisdom to bless you AS HE SEES
FIT, then don't be surprised if those blessings to live an abundant life never
come...the choice is yours...BE BLESSED BY THE FATHER or STRESSED BY THE
EVIL ONE!
Counting my blessings
...sharing His goodness in my world,
WPQ
Poem for the
day...
We were called to live our lives
Abundantly each day,
Waiting patiently for God's goodness
And His blessings sent our way.
To keep our eyes on Jesus
The one who draws us near
And gives us each the courage
To rise above life's fears.
So don't let life get the best of you
As your world goes spinning by...
Just look for the blessing of the Lord
Seen through His Heavenly eyes!
WPQ©June 2018
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