{"id":397,"date":"2019-12-30T05:58:28","date_gmt":"2019-12-30T05:58:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tidbitsofaudacity.com\/wordpress\/?p=397"},"modified":"2019-12-30T05:59:33","modified_gmt":"2019-12-30T05:59:33","slug":"the-least-likely-source","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tidbitsofaudacity.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2019\/12\/30\/the-least-likely-source\/","title":{"rendered":"The Least Likely Source"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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You\u2019re looking for a sign. You\u2019ve asked for a sign. But the entire time, it was flashing right in front of you, but you didn\u2019t see it because you had predetermined how it should look and what it was going to be like. We\u2019ve all been there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It reminds me of the story of a town that was flooding. One man\u2019s house was flooding and another man came by with a small boat and said \u201cget in the boat or you will drown.\u201d The man said, \u201cMy God is mighty to save and He will save me!\u201d Then when the water was higher, a man came by with a large boat and said, \u201cget in the boat or you will drown.\u201d The man said, \u201cMy God is mighty to save and He will save me!\u201d The water got so high that the man was standing on his roof. A man came by in a helicopter and said, \u201cGet in or you will drown!\u201d But the man said, \u201cMy God is mighty to save and He will save me!\u201d Then the man drowned. When he got to heaven, he said to God, \u201cI told them you would save me but you didn\u2019t! Why didn\u2019t you save me?!\u201d God said, \u201cI tried to\u2026 three times.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It happens all too often. We expect things to look a certain\nway and miss out on what God wanted for us because He tried it His way instead\nof ours. See, He has this silly notion that He\u2019s\u2026 well\u2026 GOD. Weird, I know. We\nask for something, then decide ahead of time how this prayer will be answered.\nExcept, God knows a better way. Here\u2019s the problem, if we\u2019re not open to ideas\nthat are not our own, we miss the blessing entirely. Let me tell you a story\nabout a little girl that had the opportunity to miss out on what God had, but\ninstead, chose to let God be God.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This little girl grows up with a father that was verbally\nabusive and an angry alcoholic. She learns to resent him and only lean on him\nfor very practical things, but never for emotional support or love of any kind.\nShe grows up and makes a series of bad decisions. Finds herself in front of a\njudge. At 16, she finds herself single and pregnant. Finds herself feeling very\nalone and in desperation. She turns to the least likely source as a last-resort\noption for help getting out of the mess she\u2019s found herself in. She turns to\nthe very man she resents. Her father. Given this chance, he says these words to\nher, \u201cWhen you don\u2019t know what else to do, turn to God and pray. He always\ncomes through.\u201d She did NOT expect those words to come out of his mouth. She\nnever thought about God using her dad to point her in the right direction, but\nHe did. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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She had an opportunity to write him off as some self-promoting,\ninsane, babbling idiot. But she didn\u2019t. She listened. That night, she turned it\nall over to God. She let go of trying to figure it all out. She began living\nher life as if God was the only father she ever had or needed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, she is a successful young lady with 5 children, one grandchild, 3 businesses, a home and a caring husband (I happen to know her quite well). All because she listened to the least likely source. It\u2019s just another story among many. There are so many like this. But if we find ourselves having decided ahead of time what it should look like, we will miss it altogether.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ll leave you with this story to illustrate what I\u2019m\ntalking about. I met a young lady on the road during my days as a traveling\nmusician who came to the autograph line crying. I asked why she was crying. She\nsaid because it was a miracle she was there. See\u2026 every morning before work\nshe\u2019d say a very quick prayer for safety then jump in the car and head to work.\nBut one day, a Wednesday to be exact, her car wouldn\u2019t start. She tried over\nand over but it wouldn\u2019t start. She went inside, called her work and informed\nthem she couldn\u2019t get her car to start. She then walked outside and figured\nshe\u2019d give it one more shot. It started like nothing was wrong. So she headed\ntoward work, but was late. See, she lived in Oklahoma City and her route to\nwork takes her right by the Murrah Federal building. And had she been on time\nthat morning of April 19th<\/sup>, 1995, she would\u2019ve been right next to\nthe truck that exploded. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Her answer didn\u2019t come in the way she thought it would. She\nasked for safety and God kept her car from starting\u2026 for just a few minutes.\nWhat she originally thought was turning out to be a frustrating morning (for\nmany others, it was a horrible day), turned out to be a life saver. A car not\nstarting was the least likely source of an answered prayer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What\u2019s the prayer you\u2019ve been asking for? The way you think that prayer should be answered\u2026 drop it and open your eyes. Chances are, it\u2019s been answered, but in a way you didn\u2019t expect. Begin to expect the unexpected and be open to blessings. See, if you\u2019re looking for the wrong in everyday life, you\u2019ll find it. But if you\u2019re looking for the blessings in everyday life, you\u2019ll also find them. Especially if you\u2019re looking at the Least Likely Source. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stay Classy GP!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Grainger<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You\u2019re looking for a sign. You\u2019ve asked for a sign. But the entire time, it was flashing right in front of you, but you didn\u2019t see it because you had predetermined how it should look and what it was going to be like. We\u2019ve all been there. It reminds me of the story of a … <\/p>\n

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