A PRAYER YOU’LL WANT TO
KEEP IN YOUR TOOL POUCH: “LORD, GIVE THEM A GOOD OFFER THEY CAN’T REFUSE”
When Jane worked at the
university library there was a young man who insisted on annoying everybody.
David was one of those guys who argued about everything. No matter what project
needed to be done, his way was a better way to do it and he let everyone know
it. And he constantly argued the rules with the boss, Pat.
We didn’t want to pray
anything against him but we just wanted him to not be around if he was going to
continue to be so obnoxious. Jane was talking to Pat one morning and casually
made the comment, “I need to start praying for him to get an offer he can’t
refuse.”
Pat looked at Jane with
doubt, but Jane and I prayed every morning, “Lord, give David a great offer he
can’t refuse.” It was amazing. Jane got another job at the university but two
months later she ran into Pat, who told her that David had handed in his
resignation. He had been offered a teaching job at a university in the South
Pacific, something he’d always dreamed of. So David got his heart’s desire and
those who still worked in the library were happy to be free from his pestering.
This prayer benefits both
parties and we’ve prayed it successfully many times since the library incident.
Only God knows the true desires of a man or woman’s heart. Only the Lord would
know for each person what would be an offer they can’t refuse. “For thou [God], even thou only, knowest
the hearts of all the children of men” 1 Kgs. 8:39).
And God always answers our prayers. He says, “Then shall ye call upon me,
and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you” (Jer. 29:12).
Psalm 66:19 tells us, “Verily God hath heard me; he hath attended to the voice
of my prayer.” And Psalm 6:9 says, “The Lord
hath heard my supplication; the Lord will
receive my prayer.”
The Lord is concerned about every detail of our everyday lives. Luke
12:7 says, “even the very hairs of your head are all numbered.”
Love, Carolyn
WINGS: A JOURNEY IN FAITH
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