On the way home from the doctor’s office, Edith and the children stopped at the bank to get some money to go grocery shopping. The bank teller smiled at the three little boys and gave each of them a lollipop.
The two older boys gobbled up their lollipops quickly, but the baby managed to smear most of his on his face, hands and clothes.
Soon they arrived at the supermarket. Edith got out of the car with her car keys and a $20 bill in her hand. Then she unbuckled and lifted the sticky baby out of his car seat, holding him carefully so she wouldn’t get his sticky lollipop all over herself as well.
When they reached the door, Edith realized she no longer had the $20 bill in her hand. “Oh, boys,” she said, “I’ve lost my money! We’ll have to go right back and look for it!”
Back they went to the car and did a careful search-on the ground, under nearby cars, inside their car, and through Edith’s purse. No money. They searched again. All three of them looked over every inch of ground while the baby waited in the grocery cart in an empty parking space two cars over. Still no money.
“All we can do is pray about it,” Edith said to the boys. She knew where to turn for help. “Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.” Psalm 124:88Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth. (Psalm 124:8). The three of them knelt down on the blacktopped parking lot by the baby’s cart. Edith prayed. Then she encouraged the boys to pray too. Each one of them asked the Lord Jesus to help them find the $20 bill.
When they opened their eyes, there it was, right behind them. “Look, boys, there’s our $20 bill! It’s a good thing we prayed... I know it wasn’t there a moment ago. Perhaps it blew out from somewhere.”
“That’s right,” added six-year-old Jonathan. “But you know, Mommy, the Lord Jesus could have sent it right down from heaven.”
Do you have this kind of trust and confidence in the Lord Jesus? Little Jonathan was only six, and already he could trust Jesus to return that $20 bill in any way He chose.
Do you have a best friend that you trust? Why do you trust that friend? It is because you have talked to that person a lot, and you know that he or she cares about you and will help you. This is the full trust and confidence that you can have in the Lord Jesus. He loves you and wants you to trust Him as your Saviour and Friend. To prove how much He loves you, He died on the cross for you. And He will wash your sins away in His own blood if you will trust Him. “O taste and see that the Lord is good: blessed is the man [woman, boy or girl] that trusteth in Him.” Psalm 34:88O taste and see that the Lord is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him. (Psalm 34:8).
If you will trust Him as your Saviour, then you can trust Him as your special Friend who is always there to help you with any problem. “This is the confidence that we have in Him, that, if we ask anything according to His will, He heareth us.” 1 John 5:1414And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us: (1 John 5:14). “God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.” Psalm 46:11<<To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, A Song upon Alamoth.>> God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. (Psalm 46:1). Will you trust Him to be your Saviour and Friend?
ML-11/03/1991