I love technology today! One of the "fads" in the last three years has been instant messaging, or better known as text messaging. This morning, I was up early praying about some of the needs in our ministry and for our move over to the UK this summer. We have been praying specifically about one decision that needed to be made, but we were needing an additional $1000 to take care of it. I prayed this morning very specifically about the $1000 need. I finished my prayer time and started checking emails, when my phone vibrated this morning with an instant message. It was a friend of mine in Ohio that I have not seen or heard from in over 8 months. I called him on the home phone and we caught up with what was going on in our lives and with our families. Before we hung up he said " We want to be a blessing and help you guys get over to England this summer, we are sending you a check for $1000, will this help"? Don't you love instant messaging?!?! I know that each one of us have needs and have requests that we have prayed to God and God has answered; but isn't it great when it is instant! A friend of mine, who is a missionary in India, preached a message with this thought: "God always answers your prayer! When you pray outside of the will of God, the answer is NO! When you pray in the will of God but the timing is wrong, God says SLOW! When you pray in the will of God, but there is something that God wants to teach you before He answers, God will say GROW! But when you pray in God's will, the timing is right, your heart is right, and your willing to obey God no matter what the answer is, God says GO!" Thank the Lord for His provision and for His Instant Messaging and Answering Service called Prayer!
