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DOES GOD STILL SPEAK TO HIS PEOPLE?

A young man had been to Wednesday night Bible Study. The Pastor had shared
about listening to God and obeying the Lord's voice.

The young man couldn't help but wonder, "Does God still speak to His
people?"

After service, he went out with some friends for coffee and pie and they
discussed the message. Several different ones talked about how God had led
them in different ways.

It was about ten o'clock when the young man started driving home. Sitting in
his car, he just began to pray, "God.. If you still speak to people, speak
to me. I will listen. I will do my best to obey."

As he drove down the main street of his town, he had the strangest thought,
stop and buy a gallon of milk. He shook his head and said out loud, "God is
that you?" He didn't get a reply and started on toward home. But again,
the thought, buy a gallon of milk. The young man thought about Samuel and
how he didn't recognize the voice of God, and how little Samuel ran to Eli.

"Okay, God, in case that is you, I will buy the milk." It didn't seem like
too hard a test of obedience. He could always use the milk.

He stopped and purchased the gallon of milk and started off toward home. As
he passed Seventh Street, he again felt the urge, "Turn down that street."

This is crazy he thought and drove on pass the intersection. Again, he felt
that he should turn down Seventh Street. At the next intersection, he
turned back and headed down Seventh. Half jokingly, he said out loud,
"Okay, God, remember I....He drove several blocks, when suddenly, he felt
like he should stop. He pulled over to the curb and looked around. He was
in a semi-commercial area of town. It wasn't the best but it wasn't the
worst of neighborhoods either.

The businesses were closed and most of the houses looked dark like the
people were already in bed.

Again, he sensed something, "Go and give the milk to the people in the house
across the street." The young man looked at the house. It was dark and it
looked like the people were either gone or they were already asleep. He
started to open the door and then sat back in the car seat.

"Lord, this is insane. Those people are asleep and if I wake them up, they
are going to be mad and I will look stupid." Again, he felt like he should
go and give the milk. Finally, he opened the door, "Okay God, if this is
you, I will go to the door and I will give them the milk. If you want me to
look like a crazy person, okay. I want to be obedient. I guess that will
count for something but if they don't answer right away, I am out of here."
He walked across the street and rang the bell. He could hear some noise
inside. A man's voice yelled out, "Who is it? What do you want?" Then the
door opened before the young man could get away. The man was standing there
in his jeans and T-shirt. He looked like he just got out of bed. He had a
strange look on his face and he didn't seem to happy to have some stranger
standing on his doorstep. "What is it?" The young man thrust out the gallon
of milk, "Here, I brought this to you." The man took the milk and rushed
down a hall way speaking loudly in Spanish. Then from down the hall came a
woman carrying the milk toward the kitchen. The man was following her
holding a baby. The baby was crying. The man had tears streaming down his
face. The man began speaking, speaking and half crying, "We were just
praying. We had some big bills this month and we ran out of money. We
didn't have any milk for our baby. I was just praying and asking God to
show me how to get some milk."

His wife in the kitchen yelled out, "I asked him to send an Angel with some.
Are you an Angel?" The young man reached into his wallet and pulled out all
the money he had on him and put in the man's hand. He turned and walked
back towards his car and the tears were streaming down his face.

He knew that God still answers prayers and that God still speaks to His
people.

-- Author Unknown

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