Do not be anxious
about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with
thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
Philippians 4:6
Last week I went to see a place called Jakes Rocks in the
Allegheny National Forest. I had my GPS,
so I felt confident that I could locate the site. When I left a little place called Warren, Pa
I had a quarter of a tank of gas. If I
had been wise, I would have gotten gas then.
Sadly, I was not wise; I did not get gas. We started down a byway that
took us through the Allegheny National Forest.
The farther I drove down the road (if you could call it that), the more
concerned I became that I would run out of gas on a road that with no houses
AND no one travels; there were only trees (lots of them). So, I whispered in God’s ear, “Lord, I’d
really like not to run out of gas”. After
going a little distance, we met a man doing some sort of work on the roads or
paths. I stopped and asked if the place
in question was near and he informed me it was just a couple of miles
further. Driving on for what seemed
like five miles at least, we met a family walking down the road. Again I stopped and asked about the distance
to the rocks. The preceded to inform us
that they were “a couple of miles further”, but we were on the right way. After deciding that someone’s “couple of
miles” was clearly not “a couple of miles”, we drove on. Sure enough, in a few
minutes we reached our destination, Jakes Rocks. I looked at my gas gauge, and according to
that we had used no gas at all getting to Jakes Rocks. We praised God for his provision of gas and
thanked him for getting us there. Since
we had never been there, we decided to ask God to show us a trail that we could
hike. Again God provided us with trail a
short distance from where we parked the car.
Again we thanked God for providing for us. It was a wonderful reminder that God is
looking out for us and cares about the day to day things in our life. He wants to be involved in every part of our
day. Thank God that we can bring the
things that cause us stress to him and let him handle the pressure. We only have to whisper in the ear of the
maker of the universe or cry from our heart, and he listens to our pleas. He desires to care for us as his children.
