Saturday, November 20, 1999
Saturday, November 20, 1999
This is indeed the will of my Father, that all who see the Son and believe in him may
have eternal life; and I will raise them up on the last day."
Later that day the neighbor passed by the preacher's house again. He was covered in dirt, his
clothes were ripped to pieces, and he was sore from one end to the other. The astonished
preacher asked what had happened.
The man said, "Well, I talked to you for so long that I was late for my appointment with my
buyer. To get there on time, I took a short cut across a corn field owned by a cross old buzzard.
Well, he saw me tramping through his field and he started shooting at my horse. The horse
panicked and fell over on top of me, then it kicked me in the eye. Trying to get out from under the
horse, I tore my clothes all to pieces. I ran from that old man and ran smack dab into a barbed
wire fence. That's what happened to me."
The pastor asked, "Well, where are you going now?"
A silly story with an important message, are we doing God's will?
(John 6:40
NRSV)
There is a of the pastor who was out sitting on his porch. As the preacher sat there, his neighbor
passed by leading his horse. The preacher called out, "What are you doing with your horse?"
The man answered, "I'm going into town to sell it."
The pastor said, "You ought to say that you are going to sell it if it be the Lord's will."
The man said, "What does this have to do with the Lord's will? This is a good, healthy horse and
it'll be sold before you know it."
The pastor said, "Have you forgotten that God is watching you? You need to put everything in
God's hands in order for it to work out. You should say, 'If it be the Lord's will.'"
The man said, "This is my horse and I have raised it specifically to be sold. I've even gotten a
buyer for it. The Lord's will won't change anything."
The man answered, "Well, I'm going home now--if it be the Lord's will."
Dear God, help me to truly seek and do you will. Amen.
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