Do You Reject God’s Blessings?

A young man was getting ready to graduate from college. For many months he had admired a beautiful sports car in a dealer’s showroom, and knowing his father could well afford it, he told him that was all he wanted.

As Graduation Day approached, the young man awaited signs that his father had purchased the car. Finally, on the morning of his graduation, his father called him into his private study, told him how proud he was to have such a fine son, and how much he loved him. He handed him a beautifully wrapped gift box.

Curious, but somewhat disappointed, the young man opened the box and found a lovely, leather-bound Bible, with his name embossed in gold.

Angrily, he raised his voice at his father and said, “With all your money you give me a Bible?!”

He stormed out of the house, leaving the Bible behind.

Many years passed and the young man became very successful in business. He had a beautiful home and wonderful family but realized his father was very old. He thought perhaps he should go to him. He had not seen him since that graduation day. But before he could make arrangements, he received a telegram telling him his father had passed away and willed all of his possessions to him. He needed to come home immediately and take care of things.

When he arrived at his father’s house, sadness and regret filled his heart. He began to search through his father’s important documents and saw the Bible, new, just as he had left it years ago. With tears, he opened the Bible and began to turn the pages. His father had carefully underlined a verse, Matthew 7:11, “And if ye, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more shall your Heavenly Father which is in Heaven, give to those who ask Him?”

As he read those words, a car key dropped from the back of the Bible. It had a tag with the dealer’s name, the same dealer who had the sports car he had desired. On the tag was the date of his graduation, and the words… PAID IN FULL.

Just like this son, how often do we reject God’s blessings because we expected them to come packaged in the way we imagined them?

Meditation: So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. – Luke 11:9-10

You will succeed in Jesus Name!

Also read:
https://daily-dew.com/love-yourself/
https://daily-dew.com/god-can-use-you/
https://daily-dew.com/the-first-10-lessons-i-learned-about-prayer-1/

Mercy....very touching and so true.
Beautifully, beautifully written.

LoL! A better illustration is someone telling you to buy a house you'll never see or inspect till you die. Not even the person selling you the house has seen it and he has never seen the owner. 419 of the highest order. LMFAO!