And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken
diligently unto the voice of the Lord thy God,
to observe and to do all his commandments
which I command thee this day, that the Lord
thy God will set thee on high above all nations
of the earth: And all these blessings shall
come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt
hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God
(Deuteronomy 28:1-2).

A fellow came up to me one time and gave me
something I was not asking the Lord for: a big car. I
would not have bought one like it if I had the money.
I drive a truck, not because I haul things, but because
I like it.

I was surprised at what this man did. I said: “Lord,
why did You give me a car like that? I never asked You
for it. If I had the money I wouldn’t have spent it on
that. Why did You do that?”

He said: Remember Deuteronomy 28? If you hearken
diligently unto the voice of My Word and do what
I ask you to do, all these blessings will come on you and
overtake you. You just got overtaken!

“That’s just wonderful,” I answered. “Do You want
me to sell it?” It irritated Him when I said that.

No, I don’t, He told me. I thought you promised
Me that if people gave money for something specific
like the television ministry you wouldn’t spend it on
anything else.

“That’s right. I never have, and I never will.”
Well, this man gave you that car to drive, didn’t he?
Not to sell it and put it into television. Why do you want
to treat him like that?

“When am I going to wake up?” I asked.

When you quit being so traditional minded, He
said. Besides, I gave you that car because I appreciate
some things you did for Me.

I had never thought about that. It embarrassed me.
I thought, I wish I had done some more things I should
have done!

This just proves what we read in the Word, that
acting on honor is thankworthy to God.

Kenneth and Gloria Copeland