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passion84god
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Due to nothing but stupidity on my part, I am currently in a substantial financial hole. Maybe not substantial to others, but definitely substantial to me. To make matters worse, I work in sales. Normally, I get paid strictly commission, and I do have the ability to generate high revenue in just a few days' time. However, the past few days I have been training on a new product, and as a trainee I only get paid a measly hourly rate that is probably only slightly higher than what a fast food worker makes whereas my trainer gets all of the commission for the sales that I generate. Things being as they are, I spent some time crying out to God in prayer before leaving for work yesterday morning.
While praying, I sought to not magnify my problem in my mind, but to magnify God instead. I reminded him that he said that the nations are but a drop in a bucket in his sight, and that my problem, as big as it seems to me, is really nothing in his sight. I also reminded him of some of his miraculous means of provision in the past, like bringing a coin out of the mouth of a fish and bringing water out of a rock. I also told him that I was not going to limit him, like the children of Israel did in their wilderness journeys, by trying to figure out how he might help me.
To make a long story short, while I was at work yesterday, my trainer casually reached into his pocket and pulled out a folded-up plastic bag. He handed it to me and said that it was a small token of his appreciation because I had helped to generate so many sales for him over the past few days. I honestly figured that there would be candy in the bag, but I was surprised to see three very old silver coins in there instead. One from the year 1896 and two from the year 1918. I did a quick online search to see what they might be worth, and although they will not get me totally out of my hole, they are definitely a step in the right direction.
I just wanted to thank God for what he has done, especially for the manner in which he has already partially answered my prayer. I have only known the man who gave me the coins for three days, and that is definitely not a way in which I could have ever imagined that God would give me financial provision.
While praying, I sought to not magnify my problem in my mind, but to magnify God instead. I reminded him that he said that the nations are but a drop in a bucket in his sight, and that my problem, as big as it seems to me, is really nothing in his sight. I also reminded him of some of his miraculous means of provision in the past, like bringing a coin out of the mouth of a fish and bringing water out of a rock. I also told him that I was not going to limit him, like the children of Israel did in their wilderness journeys, by trying to figure out how he might help me.
To make a long story short, while I was at work yesterday, my trainer casually reached into his pocket and pulled out a folded-up plastic bag. He handed it to me and said that it was a small token of his appreciation because I had helped to generate so many sales for him over the past few days. I honestly figured that there would be candy in the bag, but I was surprised to see three very old silver coins in there instead. One from the year 1896 and two from the year 1918. I did a quick online search to see what they might be worth, and although they will not get me totally out of my hole, they are definitely a step in the right direction.
I just wanted to thank God for what he has done, especially for the manner in which he has already partially answered my prayer. I have only known the man who gave me the coins for three days, and that is definitely not a way in which I could have ever imagined that God would give me financial provision.
