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 people?"

After the service he went out with some friends for coffee nd 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 past 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, I will."
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
too 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.
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 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 ask 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 toward 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.

God talks to us daily! We are to be in Obedience unto the functioning of the
Holy Spirit. When God speaks to your heart of hearts, obey, for in your sacrifice of
obedience, God rewards you bountifully! Praise God, for every opportunity to be
used of Him, for He is Faithful to answers prayers of those who seek Him.

“And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.” -Luke 11:9,10.