Cab driver Joe

The following story happened before I worked at Intervarsity Press, as I owned and operated a Christian music bookstore coffeehouse:

There was this cab driver named Joe who used to come into the store and visit once or twice a week. He loved to swap stories with me about God.

One day Joe came in looking very discouraged. He asked me to agree in prayer with him for $400 he needed to pay a medical bill for his wife, the bill was due at month's end. We prayed together and then I agreed to continuously pray for him until the need was met.

The next couple of weeks Joe would come in boasting with praise and confidence, an attitude God would want to see in all of His people.Then one day it happened. Joe came in with tears in his eyes, as he explained what had transpired:

He was dropping off a lady in front of the airport terminal. After helping her out with her luggage, he proceeded back to his cab. As he glanced down at the curb, there he would find a plain white, bulky envelope, nothing written on either side of it. He picked it up, looked at it without glancing at the contents inside, and took it with him. Once inside his cab, he threw it on the seat next to him and drove off.

Once Joe got to the first stoplight, he opened the envelope and saw a large bundle of dollar bills. The light turned green so he drove off without ever counting them. He only drove about half a mile when his curiosity got the best of him. He pulled off into a fast food parking lot, opened the envelope, and began counting. The tears from his eyes became a waterfall as he continued to count. There were seventy 100 dollar bills in the envelope! He sat in the parking lot for half an hour crying and thanking God for what he had done. It was more than what he had asked for. Before going home to tell his wife, he would go shopping for the most beautiful and expensive dress he could find for his wife.

When we stand in faith and trust (not believe) that God is going to come through for us, He always comes through in a big way. Far more than we could ever hope for.

Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us. (Eph.3:20)