Back in time, before fast foods and take-outs...What did you call that person who took your order in your favorite sit-down restaurant? Remember the words "waiter" and "waitress"? Well, they're no more......now we, with careful, political correctness, call these good people our "servers"--and that brings us to today's devotional!
My husband and I have a "breakfast date" every Tuesday morning at Cracker Barrel, one of our favorite restaurants in the city. Strangely enough (and we are strange...grin), we order the same breakfast from same menu every time. The "servers" know us by NOW, and so it was not long after we were seated, that a smiling waitress, I mean "server," approached our table with two grapefruit juices in frosted mugs, two coffees--one decaf, and one regular--exactly right!
We had not even ASKED, mind you, and it suddenly struck me like a bolt of light. It WAS a bolt of Light! And I could not RESIST telling our server, with a grin, "I am a writer and you just gave me a devotional today," and of course, the shy person that I am (!?!), I gave her a verse for the day! Actually, you might guess what verse I quoted from God's Word, "Before they call, I will answer!" Now she probably thought, by then, that I was really strange, but she didn't blink an eye and seemed pleased!
Well, I was pleased too--as the thought struck me so forcibly. I have a God who DOES know exactly what I need, even before I ask, and already has the answer on the way. And so do YOU. We've got a HEAVEN-SENT SERVER who knows our needs and has a plan already in place to meet those needs. Heaven sent Him to be our Server over 2,000 years ago...and when He daily serves us exactly what we need, before we ask, He expects no tip......just our thanks--and our lives!
Now believe it...go have a good breakfast at YOUR favorite place--and have a great day!
Delight in a Word from the Well--a refreshing in the Water of His Word
"...before they call I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear (Isaiah 65:24)."
Draw from the Well--a prayer for renewing strength for this day
"Lord, You are so good. You know my needs before I ever ask; I can trust You, my Heavenly Server, knowing You will provide, according to your good pleasure. Thank You for Your love and grace, for the many times YOU have served ME, and for the many times You will continue to meet my needs--even before I ask, In Jesus' Name, Amen."
Your DAILY Assignments!
Read Words from the Well poem and let the Lord minister to you.
He will, I promise! He is a faithful God and will be faithful to you today!
All Scriptures are taken from the King James Version of the Holy Bible.
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