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Micah 6:8 – He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God? (ESV)
Two years ago, at age 66, I officially retired, and I decided that it was time to buy a newer car. On the main dealer's forecourt, I found one, three years old, with 15,000 miles on it and four-wheel drive — exactly what we needed for off-road towing traction.
Since I was only casually looking, and, foolishly, not expecting God to be that interested in my purchase of a car, I wondered whether this was too much of a coincidence, or whether God was in it. However, I showed the car to my youngest daughter Sophia and my wife Caroline. When questioned, my daughter, then 11, said that she liked the car and that maybe it was from God, so I thought that this was perhaps something to consider. But we required £2,000 more in deposit to reduce the monthly repayments to what we could afford.
When my mother-in-law Dora said that she felt prompted by God to donate £2,000 to us without Caroline's or my telling her the situation, I realized that this was not a whim, and that I needed to have the trust that God was in this.
The question that bugged me about buying then was: Why the rush now? I was just casually looking. In retrospect, if we had delayed for the two months that I had intended to, we would not have been able to purchase the car and handle the repayments! Second-hand car prices shot up 20-30 percent in the United Kingdom just after we bought ours, because there was a shortage of new cars.
It is a keyless-entry car. As long as I have the key fob on me, the car will open and start. Amazingly, it refuses to be locked if I have left the key fob in the car. This has saved me more than once from being locked out when in a hurry as I become more forgetful.
Now, two years on, driving longer distances has become a necessity as Dora is no longer able to travel safely on the trains, due to the ongoing protracted train strikes, train changes, and concomitant cancelled trains. It seems that in this single purchase, God prepared me in advance to be able to provide transportation for Dora and my family.
God has also reminded me of His continuous presence with us today. He wants us to take Him with us as go into the world, even when buying a car! Let us not prejudge what we expect to hear from Jesus as we wait and walk with Him in our decisions.
Prayer: Lord, thank You for Your patience and timeliness. Thank You for the intimacy that includes love and guidance for our paths, in Jesus' name, we pray. Amen.
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Rod Marshall <roderickhenrymarshall@gmail.com>
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England
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Oh Roderick, how God’s wonders never cease! Thanks for sharing this encouraging devotional again today with us. To God be the glory! I call that incident a God incident! Blessings.
Greetings Rod and it was very delightful to reread one of your previous writings again. Yes our loving Lord sure can surprise us at times with the provisions He supplies. He certainly is the one that is ever deserving of our praise and faithfulness. Blessings for the writings you have prepared and delivered.
Hello Rod
Your message made me think of an amazing blessing about cars and God. Just before church started an older couple walked by and I knew they had just bought a new car. All of a sudden I hear myself asking God to put it on somebody’s heart to buy us a new car, a second hand car? No a new car, in Jesus name. That was all!! I thought maybe this couple would offer their other car but God had better plans. During the week I got a phone call from an out of town lady who knew and loved us, she just left her accountant and needed to get rid of some money and thought how we could use a new car! Wow!!!! With money left over I paid off a visa bill and got personal licence plates with what God told me to get. I asked Her answered. PRAYED 4!! Amazing the testimonies that plate created!!! I had a person leave a paper under the wiper saying they loved the plates, another guy gave me thumbs up as we sat at a red light!
God is so good. Now that we live elsewhere I brought my plate with me and it is in top of the trunk cover so people can see.
Sorry, this is long.
God bless.
Hello Rod
God’s timing is everything. God cares about every little thing I have experienced over the years. We needed a car and God provided, amazing!!
Blessings.
Thank you for sharing this encouraging devotional with us again today! When a new car was required a few years ago, I bought one that needs a key to start. Thank God that I did since car thieves in this area of the USA have discovered a way to easily steal the keyless ones! No clue how they do it. Blessings.
Hi Rod, It was so good to reread one of your devotionals today. Yes we sure never know which way God chooses to direct us until He does it and then it is always for the right and perfect outcome. He sure is ever deserving of our gratitude. Many blessings for the devotional writings you have prepared and submitted.
A good reminder, Rod.
Thank you for sharing this encouraging devotional with us.
Blessings.
Declaring the sovereignty of God’s truth and full desires glorifies His love. Blessings.
We never figure it all out, do we Rod? I remind myself often “God has a plan.”
Thanks for your devotional…again.
Thanks for the wonderful message today. So many, myself included, need the reminder that God in interested in our daily lives and decisions. His timing is always right!
Amen Rod. God is interested in all we think and do and often answers our prayers before we even utter them.
Enjoy the car.
Rod – how this resonates with me. I’m slowly accepting the truth that God cares about every single moment of my commonplace days, and offers guidance for every step I take.
Greetings Rod and many thanks for another of your interesting and mindful devotionals. The Lord was truly watching over you and guiding your decisions in that car purchase and thus it all worked out for the best. Blessings for your special writings.
What a wonderful sense of being loved.