Thought of the week

    

PROVING GOD REAL

In his book, God's Fool, George Patterson told an experience of proving God to be real to two friends, one an agnostic and the other a nominal Christian unsure of the reality of God. It was in the days just after World War II and he was about to enter medical college to prepare himself for missionary work in China. Emptying out his wallet before his friends, he counted two pounds and seven shillings. He promised that beyond those two pounds and seven shillings, he would give away whatever he had in his bank account, and trust in God's provision in the months to come. He would not make his needs known to anyone apart from God and his two friends.

 

Immediately God began to send people to him with small amounts of money. They would tell him, "God told me to give you this..." or "Take this as from the Lord..." It was always there, although at times within minutes of when it was needed. There was one exception: the money did not come for a necessary trip home. Since he did not have enough money for the trip from London to Scotland, he went as far as he could, then walk for two days. Patterson later said that it was a test of his faith that was to be sorely tried in Tibet where he would face Buddhist priests with impressive occultic powers. Before he set foot on Tibet or China, Patterson had proven God and the Bible to be real.