God Can Talk To You, Too.

            The following is a story of faith, or what I like to call, “A God Story.”  For those of you who know God’s character and can recognize the Holy Spirit when He is talking to you, this story will resonate with you, and you’ll nod your head in agreement.  If you are not sure about how or whether or not God talks to you, the following will help you believe.   

            If you read a couple posts ago, you know about my situation with my beloved Hyundai Santa Fe that was totaled in an accident.  The good news is that my daughters who were in the SUV walked away.  The flip side of that situation is that I am driving a 1996 vehicle.  Let’s just say that it gets me from points A to B to C and back again.  But one day, I got a letter in the mail that I would typically consider junk.  But “something” told me to open it.   

            The letter was from the dealership that sold me the Santa Fe.  It was holding a raffle to win a 2014 Hyundai Elantra, and the flyer said if I came into the showroom with my pre-selected number and it matched the number on the prize car, I’d win it!  It claimed I had a one in 10,000 chance of winning.  Plus, the first 100 people would receive a $5 Starbucks gift card.  Well, people who won the Lottery had worse odds than that.  I had enough faith to realize that the same God who parted the Red Sea could give me a new car.  So, I grabbed my middle daughter who was out of school, and off we went. 

            As we were driving along, she asked me what kind of car it was.  I reached into the back seat and gave her the flyer with my raffle number on it.  When she looked up from the flyer we saw something amazing in front of us:  the very car with the same color as the car in the flyer and a bumper sticker that read, “Believe.”  Now, whether or not I won the car doesn't matter.  What mattered was that I received a message, and I know He will eventually answer my prayers in His own time.  Was the flyer just a marketing strategy to get folks into the showroom?  Probably.  Was the “something” that told me not to throw it away the Holy Spirit?  Definitely.  As we later sipped our Vanilla Bean Frappuccinos, we couldn’t stop talking about the car we saw in traffic.  So, if you want the Holy Spirit to talk to you, ask, trust and believe!