God Answers Prayer
Not long ago there was a poor man, who, through sickness, had been unable to give his family their usual supply of food, He lived in a lonely cottage, half a mile from any of his neighbors, He had struggled on without asking relief, till starvation was at the door. The man had no money, and there was nothing but bare need in his little cottage.
Night came, and the family went to bed hungry, and very hungry they rose in the morning. But there was nothing to eat. What could they do? They could cry to the God of the needy, and He heard their cry.
“This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles. The angel of the Lord encampeth round about them that fear Him, and delivereth them. O taste and see that the Lord is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in Him.” Psa, 34:7-9.
The neighbors could not hear the cry of the desolate family, but God, who could hear and did hear, put a thought of them into the heart of a kind lady. The thought was this—go at once, and carry some food to the poor cottage on the hill.
And as the thought troubled her, though it was early in the morning, and the lady had had no breakfast, she started at once on her errand.
When she reached the door, she heard His poor man praying and saying,
“O Lord, help me. Lord, Thou wilt help me, Thy promise cannot fail; although my wife and children have no food to eat, and it has been a whole day since we have had any, I know Thou wilt supply our needs,”
The lady then opened the door, and gave the answer the needy man was expecting.
Yes,” she said, “God will supply your needs, and He has sent you this.”
All God’s gifts remind us that He loves us, and is ready to give perfect and eteal gifts.
ML 03/09/1941