Bank Teller

I've really been trying to focus on the presence of God lately. I know that He is close and active and I'm watching for Him daily, expecting Him to be intimately working in my life.

I've been trying to pray every morning that I be Spirit sensitive and led. I pray to love all those whom I encounter. I pray for relationships. I pray that I will sense Him beside me every step that I take. I pray that I bring Him glory through my actions. I pray that I live the day as though it was my last. I pray I choose eternal over the temporal.

And then I begin my day watching with eager expectancy for Him to show Himself.

I have not been disappointed.
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I drove up to the bank window and handed the teller my deposit. I recognized him to be a member of a church that we had visited recently. I smiled in recognition as he smiled back. We exchanged only the most basic of words.

As I waited I thought, "Oh, I should pray for this young man, his wife, and newborn infant." So, I did. I prayed that God would keep them close under His wing and that His blessings would flow in their lives.

He handed me my deposit slip and out of habit I glanced at it to make sure the amount and account number were correct. Written across the top of the slip was Hosea 6:3.



I quickly glanced back up at him as I was already pulling away from the window. I saw him lean towards the glass and give me a big smile. I mouthed 'thank you!' as my van disappeared from his sight.

I couldn't hardly wait. What did Hosea 6:3 have to say? My impatience was short-lived as I had to visit the local superstore and I all but ran to their book section. Pulling one of their Bibles off the shelf I quickly looked up my verse and read:

"Let us acknowledge the Lord;
Let us press on to acknowledge Him.
As surely as the sun rises,
He will appear;
He will come to us like the winter rains,
Like the spring rains that water the earth."

He will come to us! He will come to us like the winter and spring rain (of which we seem to be having both lately living in Missouri)! If we acknowledge Him, He will come as surely as the sun rises each morning! He wants us to see Him! He wants nothing more than for us to know Him.

He wanted me to know that He is there! He personally met with me today and gave me this promise.

I felt like me, God, and this other Christian brother were in our own little world. Even if only for a moment. It was like this magical special secret that I had as I sat there holding this paper. I couldn't keep the big grin off of my face.

MY GOD LOVES ME!!!

Psalm 66 (The Message)

^16-20 All believers, come here and listen,
let me tell you what God did for me.
I called out to him with my mouth,
my tongue shaped the sounds of music.
If I had been cozy with evil,
the Lord would never have listened.
But he most surely did listen,
he came on the double when he heard my prayer.
Blessed be God: he didn't turn a deaf ear,
he stayed with me, loyal in his love.