Me:  What happened to the car Prodigal?

 

Prodigal:  Someone hit while it was in the parking lot.  I am waiting for a tow truck.

 

Me:  Well I will share a story then.

 

This is from Voices of the Faithful by Beth Moore

 

It isn’t unusual for me to travel more than 100 miles across rugged roads in one day.  Sometimes we are in areas where there are no roads, just a walking path.  It’s a miracle that we don’t have more truck problems than we do.  But when a breakdown does happen, it causes quite a stir in our lives.

One day.  I was traveling to some smaller villages when the truck broke down.  I had a truck full of students, and everyone had his or her own idea on what the problem was.   Nothing we “fiddled” with seemed to work.  That’s when I finally decided it was time to pray.  We asked God to help us.

Not more than five minutes later, a man walked out of nowhere.  He stopped along the path to see what our problem was.  We found out that he was a mechanic from the capital city, Lusaka.  I let out a resounding “Praise God!” as he looked at the truck.

As the mechanic worked, I learned more about him and began sharing the gospel.  By the time the truck was repaired, our personal mechanic had accepted Jesus into his life.

We piled back in the truck and went on our way.  The students kept talking about the breakdown and mentioning how sorry they were about the whole thing.  I turned to them and said, “God allowed this to happen so that this mechanic would come to hear about Jesus.”

Situations happen all the time–what do we do with them?

 

Mike, Africa

 

And I want you to know this, dear brothers:  Everything that has happened to me here has been a great boost in getting out the Good News concerning Christ.

Philippians 1:12

 

Jennifer Van Allen

www.theprodigalpig.com

www.faithincounseling.org