This Really Happened

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There was a time decades ago when I owed the bank a $1,500 payment and had no money and no credit. One evening, while at a home bible study, a young man asked for prayer for his sore knee. We prayed, but nothing seemed to happen.

Inwardly, I was skeptical and judgmental and thought that if he really believed what was just prayed, he would jump up and walk, but he didn’t. At that moment, the Holy Spirit challenged me that if I believed we should act on our prayers as if they were answered, why wouldn’t I march into the bank as if I actually had the funds and make the payment? It seemed ludicrous. I was broke and had no income.

But God was speaking to me; so the next morning, I got up and headed out the door to the bank to hand over $1,500 cash, though I had absolutely no money in my wallet. As I was driving to the bank I was imagining the scene. I would ask for the loan officer who had called me. I would tell him I was there to make the payment. I would open my wallet and begin to count out the money to him. To be honest, I was scared, but I was still going to the bank, prepared to make a fool of myself. I didn’t know what else to do.

On the way, I decided to stop by a friends place to pick something up that I would need for the day. When I walked in, he said they had just finished praying for me and the Holy Spirit told them to write me a check for $2,000 to compensate for some of my input. They had no idea about the bank situation.

Needless to say, I accepted the funds and continued on my way to the bank where I cashed the check and made my payment. Call it a coincidence if you must, but you will never convince me of that. I had just that day tapped into the riches of glory, stepped out in faith and experienced a miracle of provision. I am only now beginning to understand what happened!