I Am In Receipt of Your Awesome Favor
By Sandra Connor
Grace, Mercy, and No Worries!
Have you ever left your purse someplace and just driven off without it? That happened to me just recently.
After a business meeting over coffee one morning, I picked up my bag with my computer and left my purse behind -- hanging on the back of a chair. When I realized it was missing, I'd already driven 3 miles from the place.
In the past I would have panicked. That sick, gnawing feeling in the pit of my stomach would have risen and probably even caused me physical pain. INSTEAD... I prayed.
“Please Lord; let my purse still be there and everything still be in it. I repent of having been distracted and careless. I thank you for hearing and answering my prayer. I go believing in the receipt of your awesome favor. As it's written in Philippians 4:6, I turn this over to you and will not worry about it any further.”
Not at any point in time did I feel distress. My mind was totally at peace. That realization alone was a great blessing for me that day. As expected, according to this faith walk, my purse was right where I left it. The two ladies sitting at the table right behind marveled, "You must be living right!" "Yes," I said. "That's what prayer can do."
For His Glory!
