In my early morning routine of prayer/exercise, I walk down our driveway to the street and back again. According to calculations, twenty-five round trips of that course make a mile. The mile walk offers a fresh start each day both spiritually and physically before the sun ever shines. In fact, when the moon is full, as it is at this writing, I get to admire the beautiful full moon. I am generally walking my course at about the same time each morning. One of my wife’s kinfolks happens to be going to work each morning about the same time. Once I discovered he was passing by during this time, I can’t help but look for the red pick-up coming through. Many times, he will give a short beep, particularly when I am heading back to the house with my back to the road. I will quickly throw my hand up in acknowledgement. What he knows, as I have told him, is that I am out there walking and praying, and I pray for him. So just about daily, he goes to work with an awareness that God is working in his life. He doesn’t have the cleanest “mouth” in the world, and he really enjoys his beer after hours and on the week-end and at family events. If you talk to him, he “knows the Lord”; he just acknowledges that he is not perfect, but he treats people right. He is a hard worker. Two lessons I learn in all this: one, prayers never go unanswered, and two, no matter where we are or where we think we are with the Lord, there is always more. Cornelius was not even saved yet, and God said his prayers and good deeds were laid up for a “memorial before God” (Acts 10:1-4; 11:14). This was a reminder, a record, before God. God’s not going to leave anything out. He wants every person to be saved. As it worked out under God’s hand, Peter got a revelation that Gentiles could be saved, so he went and preached Jesus to Cornelius and his whole household. They believed his word and the whole household got saved, filled with the Holy Ghost, and water baptized. The Gentile world was opened up to the gospel. I just want to encourage you to keep praying in faith with praises and thanksgiving to God. He hears your prayers and He wants to give you a “beep” of acknowledgement and assurance. Where ever that person is or wherever you are in the Lord, God’s got more for them and you. Jesus paid the price on the cross for every person. He who has ears to hear let him hear. Take authority over blinding, deafening spirits. Ask for the Spirit of God to work in your own life and in the lives of others. Even if it is just a beep of a contact or a smile or a pat on the shoulder, know that God is at work to save.
Beep!
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