Earlier this week my wife and I were enjoying lunch together and while we were eating we starting dreaming about how we would bless people if we ” had more money. “
We spent several minutes talking about how we would call the Power Company and pay for a random person’s bill that was about to be disconnected. Or we could pay for a family’s Dinner at a restaurant right as we leave and before they get their Check so they wouldn’t know who did it. It was really Easy to sit and think of all of these what if Stories. What ifwe had more money, What if we had more time. Etc etc.
It was then that we realized, we might not be rich BUT we do not need to wait to have so called ” big money” to bless people in big ways! So before we left we asked God to use us to bless someone.
30 minutes later we went to walmart to grab a couple of quick items. We look at all the 20 items or less lanes and finally decide on the best looking one to get through fastest. Only one person ahead of us and he looks like he is about done. So as we walk up to the line we notice the man in front of us is starting to give groceries back one at a time as the cashier keeps telling him the new adjusted prices after each returned item. The cashier then asked the Man ” How can you make a sandwhich without bread? ” He just looked down and said ” I guess I am going to be on a diet this week”. At that point my wife was about in tears and told me we needed to pay for the groceries he put back. I was in agreement and wanted to do that but also was nervous at the same time. Here is a complete stranger that is not able to buy the food he needs for a week. Is he going to be embarrased if someone else buys them? I think to myself, it is probably better not to say anything becuase I don’t want him to think we are looking down on him. My wife tells me again, BUY HIS GROCERIES! So I knew this was the Opporunity we just asked God to give us. After the man bought the couple groceries he had I asked him to please wait a minute and told the cashier that we would like to purchase the rest of his groceries. The cashier I guess was pretty shocked becuase for some reason the cashier said “how?” I kinda smiled and said ” with money “.
It wasn’t a lot at all, but we were able to buy milk, bread, crackers and soups. All the man said was. Thank you Sir, thank you Mam. God has been blessing me all day. I didn’t know what I was going to eat this week. And my Name is Joe. I simply said, ” God always provides, nice to meet you Joe.” I even forgot to tell him our names lol
Isn’t God good!!! It blessed us so much more to be able to buy him groceries than it did him. It wasn’t 30 minutes earlier that we were praying that the lord would use us to be a blessing. It was long before we where tested on that request!
Let me challenge you this week to look for opportunties where God can use you to be a blessing to others. I can 100% guarentee you that it will bless you more than you know!
Have you had a similar story how the lord has used you recently or in the past? We would love to hear your thoughts on the post in the comment section below or hear your stories!
Blessings,
Ryan Tomlinson
ChristianVolume – Amplifying Christ Daily!
