'Have You Read the Book?'
Theme of the Week: He Still Answers
Paul Meier
Wednesday, July 23, 2003
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Key Bible Verse: Jesus told … a story to illustrate their need for constant prayer and to show … that they must never give up (Luke 18:1). Bonus Reading:Luke 18:2-8
The Tel Aviv-Paris leg of my return flight, I was surrounded by people who spoke no English. Waiting to board the plane for the 11-hour Paris-Chicago leg, I prayed, Lord, give me someone to talk to or I'll go crazy from boredom. Soon, a lovely blonde French woman, who spoke English fairly well, sat beside me. Lord, I'm a happily married man, I prayed silently, but she'll do fine. Help me focus on her soul, not her beauty.
We shared basic travel facts. "Why fly to Little Rock?" I asked. "It's not much of a destination after Paris."
"Ten years ago I became a Christian," she explained, "because a missionary from Little Rock gave me a book called Happiness Is a Choice. Have you ever read it?"
"I've heard of it," I chuckled. I'd written the book years before.
"As a result of this book" she continued, "I'm now a missionary in Lyon. We have missionaries in France, but we need counselors. I hope my friend can help me find Dr. Meier, as he needs to come teach us."
I grinned, "I'm Paul Meier." She refused to believe me, so I pulled out my passport. The upshot: we set a time for me to return to France.
—Paul Meier in Fear Less for Life
My Response: A time God used me to answer another's prayers was …
Thought to Apply: Never make the blunder of trying to forecast the way God is going to answer your prayer.
—Oswald Chambers (British teacher & chaplain)
Adapted from Fear Less for Life (Nelson, 2002) by permission.
Copyright © 2003 by the author or Christianity Today International/Men of Integrity magazine.
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