When I was a child, I was taught how to pray to God and ask Him for help when needed. Throughout my life I can recall so many times when I prayed to God for help and He showed up for me. Sometimes it was simple and sometimes it was significant, nevertheless, I prayed and received an answer. One of those times will always stand out to me.
Here’s the story
I was sixteen years old, and I just finished rebuilding the carburetor on my classic muscle car. At that time, I was beginning to be a very proficient mechanic, but I still had much to learn. As soon as I assembled everything and installed the carburetor onto the engine I hopped back into my car and hoped that it would start. When I turned the key, the engine started and it sounded good and ran smoothly, I was very proud of myself.
But all of the sudden, I was filled with great panic at what I saw. Through the windshield I could partially see the engine bay, and more specifically what happened to catch my eye was the fire that broke out! I immediately turned off the engine and quickly got to the front of my car as a large blaze of fire began to consume the top half of my engine.
The blaze continues
Luckily, behind me was a garden hose so I grabbed it and began to spray down my engine. I was frantic as I thought about the potential damage the fire was causing and how it could get out of hand really quickly. As I sprayed so much water on it the fire would not go out! It didn’t even affect it at all! Meanwhile, just inches away from my car was my father’s car, a classic corvette which is highly flammable because it’s mostly made of fiberglass. And next to his car was my neighbor’s car. And behind all of our cars are our homes! I became even more panicked knowing how devastating this fire can be if I don’t get it under control.
Damage control
After one minute of spraying it with water and seeing that the fire was still burning hot I just gave up and cried out “Jesus help!” And suddenly the fire went out! My heart was racing, I was still holding the hose, with excitement and a very nervous heart beat I paused and thanked God. I turned to put the hose away and was preparing myself for all of the damage I would see and how I was going to come up with the money to pay for it. Plus, the embarrassment of telling my dad what happened with a fear that he may not allow me to work on my car anymore.
The miracle
As I turned to look at my engine bay, there was no evidence of a fire at all! Nothing! Not one piece of plastic was melted, nothing was discolored from the heat, nothing at all! And this fire blazed for a while! This was nothing but a miracle from God, if He can do something this simple for me, I know He can do even greater things for you. Just believe in Him and soon your faith will become reality.
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