As the story goes, an
unemployed graduate woke up one morning and checked his pocket. All
he had left was $10.00. He decided to use it to buy food and then wait
for death as he was too proud to go begging. He was frustrated as he
could find no job, and nobody was ready to help him.
He
bought food and as he sat down to eat, an old man and two little
children came along and asked him to help them with food as they had
not eaten for almost a week. He looked at them. They were so lean
that he could see their bones coming out. Their eyes had gone into
the socket.
With the last bit of compassion he had, he gave them the food. The
old man and children prayed that God would bless and prosper him and
then gave him a very old coin. The young graduate said to them
"you need the prayer more than I do".
With
no money, no job, no food, the young graduate went under the bridge
to rest and wait for death. As he was about to sleep, he saw an old
newspaper on the ground. He picked it up, and suddenly he saw an
advertisement for people with old coins to come to a certain
address.
He decided to go there with the old coin the old man gave him. On
getting to the place, he gave the proprietor the coin. The
proprietor screamed, brought out a big book and showed the young
graduate a photograph. This same old coin was worth 3 million
dollars. The young graduate was overjoyed as the proprietor gave him
a bank draft for 3 million dollars within an hour. He collected the
bank draft and went in search of the old man and little children.
By the time he got to where he left them eating, they had gone. He
asked the owner of the canteen if he knew them. He said no but they
left a note for you. He quickly opened the note thinking it would
lead him to find them.
This is what the note said: "You gave us your all and we have
rewarded you back with the coin." Signed God the Father,
The Son and The Holy Ghost. 1 Kings 17:10-16; Matthew 11:28-30
Have you given all to Jesus Christ? If you haven't, do so today and
He will surprise you.