WINDOWS FOR ANSWERED PRAYERS (2)
A story shared stuck with me from my days in Uyo during my National Youth Service: It was said of a Christian brother who was a businessman and quite blessed. He had an amazing family. Unfortunately, he stood as a guarantor for someone who defaulted on some heavy transactions. He went from wealthy to struggling in weeks. Things went really bad. He sold almost all that he had. The only car he had left was in really bad shape.
He decided to take a retreat. He travelled to Lagos to spend time seeking the face of God. He was to fly back to base. It was the days when cellular phones were uncommon and the processes at the airport were not digital. There were always queues.
While he waited at the departure lounge, a man beside him from the Northern part of our country was making a call and ran out of airtime. He looked concerned. It seems the call was very important. There was no way he could walk out to get airtime and come back in to continue making his calls.
Out of kindness, the brother offered him his cellular phone. The man was shocked and grateful. He made all his calls and returned the phone. They got talking. The northerner was a manufacturer who needed the materials that the company of the man supplies. They struck a deal.
By the time the man was sharing the testimony of the turnaround, he said, “God has so blessed me that if my grandchildren decide not to work, we would still have money.”
He was coming from a retreat where he prayed for a turnaround. What was the window that God opened for him? The opportunity to give.
Remember, when God answers our prayers, he opens to us windows of opportunity. One such window is the opportunity to give. What if the man was not kind enough to give his phone?
Do you remember the story of David when he was trusting God for the restoration of all he lost also at Ziklag? He had prayed to God. They were already on the trail of the Amalekites.
His men spotted a man who was quite weak and abandoned to die on the way. They stopped and offered him a meal.
1 Samuel 30:12 NLT
They also gave him part of a fig cake and two clusters of raisins, for he hadn’t had anything to eat or drink for three days and nights. Before long his strength returned.
When his strength returned, he gave them all the intelligence needed to recover everything they had lost. They got it all and even much more.
When you have prayed, watch out for opportunities to give:
You may be trusting God for a scholarship worth thousands of dollars, and you have an opportunity to bless a child whose fees are just a few thousand in Naira. Be sensitive.
While we were building our church auditorium, we were also giving to other ministries doing the same or just starting out, once the Lord gives such opportunities.
When the window to give opens up, do not take it for granted. Be very sensitive.
© temilOluwa Ola, Eruwa.
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