WHAT SACRIFICE ARE YOU WILLING TO GIVE GOD?
I heard of a story of a young man who is a believer and is so passionate about God. He made a rule to always carry his bible everywhere he goes.
He believed God could lay a burden on his heart to preach to someone any time any day and he would be in need of his bible because he once had an embarrassing experience where he was preaching and he needed to quote a scripture but he didn’t have a Bible with him which made him look stupid but…
He had a ‘but’ in his life. He didn’t have a job. Ever since he finished his service (a mandatory one year program for every graduate in Nigeria) he had been on the pursue to get a job but he was always given an excuse of not been fit for the jobs he had been pursuing. He didn’t know why.
A particular day, he was preaching to a young graduate then his phone rang. It was one of the big companies he had once applied for, calling him for an interview. He was so happy he had made it and would soon be out of his jobless life.
The actual day for the interview came by and he rushed so fast to the venue. He wanted to be there early enough to add to his qualifications of being punctual. As he was about to step inside the company, he heard a still voice say to him “where is your Bible”. He checked his bag in search for it but couldn’t find it there and it dawned on him that he did not bring it.
For the first time he had never left his bible behind. Then the voice spoke again “Go and get your Bible”. He looked at the time on his wristwatch and saw he had just 10 minutes before the interview……
Let me take a quick break. If it were you, what would you have done? Would you have stayed for the interview and ask God for forgiveness or pay the sacrifice by obeying the still voice? Be sincere with your decision.
Back to my story, the young man began weeping and all he was muttering was “God!!!! Why today?”. He turned back and cried till he got back home. He did not even know he had trekked for two hours straight when the journey from the company to his house was not supposed to last more than 30 minutes.
After he got home, he saw the Bible on the bed of his small room. Then he said a statement as tho the Bible was a human being. He said “because I had to come get you, I lost my interview”. Surprisingly, it was as if the Bible heard him. Then the voice spoke the third time and said “for this sacrifice you have paid, your reward is double”. He looked at his back to check if someone was there but did not see anyone.
A week after, one of those he had preached for reached out to him and told him he was leaving the country and needed someone trustworthy to look after his company. Unknown to him it was the same company that called him for the interview.
Through his obedience and the sacrifice he paid, got him the position of the CEO of the company. Probably if he had stayed for the interview he would have just been a staff. But look and behold where a little sacrifice got him to, a place where he would have not gotten to in years.
Moral lesson: God has a big plan for you but he wants you to pay a sacrifice of being worthy. Your sacrifice can be your time, your money or even your business. Are you willing to pay?
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