Time of Miracle

. On My Way to the Next Bus Stop

International evangelist Luis Palau recalls the first
time he
ever asked God to directly answer a prayer. Luis was 
supporting his mother and siblings by working in an 
Argentine bank. A bank strike had shut down the local 
economy, and money was exceedingly tight. Luis prayed 
and asked God for money to pay for bus fare to his job 
the next day.

Just to demonstrate that even international evangelists
start 
out as spiritual babies, notice that Luis Palau left
home 
really early the next morning, just in case he had to
walk to 
work. Already he didn't trust that God would answer his

prayer. On the way to the bus stop, he searched the 
ground for loose change. Surely that would be God's 
method for answering his prayer. Someone would drop 
the money, Luis would find it, and he would ride to
work 
in comfort. But there was no change to be found on the 
sidewalks. 

On his way to the next bus stop, Luis encountered a man

who needed some help getting his car started. He
stopped 
to help, then continued on his way. A few moments
later, 
the man pulled alongside Luis and offered him a ride.
This 
man happened to work at the building across the street 
from the bank.

-- Luis Palau, with Ellen Bascuti. The Peter Promise 
  (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Discovery House 
  Publishers, 1996), pp. 43-45. 
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