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Theme of the Week: Step-at-a-Time Guidance
Luis Palau
Wednesday, December 31, 2003
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Key Bible Verses: But I am trusting you, O Lord, saying, "You are my God!" My future is in your hands (Psalm 31:14-15). Bonus Reading:Romans 8:28-32
Rick Myatt got into Claremont McKenna College with a Cal-Grant scholarship for 80 percent of his costs. He got involved in campus witness and, as a sophomore, organized Bible studies.
But when Rick's older brother graduated from UCLA, the Cal-Grant administrators figured the Myatt family needed less scholarship money. Rick's grant was cut by $1,500. "We just can't swing it financially," said their dad, a high school teacher.
The company where Rick worked summers as an engineer's aide offered him a permanent position. And California State U. opened a campus in Bakersfield, his hometown. Maybe God was telling him to work full time and take night classes at Cal State. He decided to take the job if nothing else turned up before the September 7 deadline for telling Claremont his plans.
The evening before, the phone rang for Rick: "I hear you're thinking about leaving Claremont McKenna," said an admissions officer.
"That's correct."
"If money's the reason, I've found a scholarship for you. Would that let you stay?"
"Depends on the amount."
"Let's see. Yes, It's for $1,500."
"I'll be there!"
My Response: God guided in my life by providing when …
—Luis Palau in It's a God Thing
Thought to Apply: All heaven is waiting to help those who will discover the will of God and do it.
-J. Robert Ashcroft (father of the Attorney General)
Adapted from It's a God Thing (Doubleday, 2001) by permission.
Copyright © 2003 by the author or Christianity Today International/Men of Integrity magazine.
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