STUDY ARTICLE 50
Listen to the Voice of the Fine Shepherd
9 Consider an experience that illustrates how Jehovah can care for our material needs. A couple in full-time service drove over an hour in their old car to pick up some sisters living at a refugee center and take them to a Christian meeting. The brother explained: “After the meeting, we invited the sisters for a meal, but then we realized that we had nothing to offer them.” What would the couple do? The brother continued: “When we arrived home, there sat two big shopping bags of food in front of our door. We did not know who had left them there. Jehovah took care of us.” Sometime later, the couple’s car broke down. They needed it for their ministry; however, they had no money to repair it. While the car was being looked over at a nearby garage, a man came in and asked: “Whose car is that?” The brother said that it was his and that it needed repair. The man replied: “That does not matter. My wife wants this type of car and exactly in that color. How much do you want for it?” The brother ended up with enough money to buy another car. He concluded: “I do not need to explain how we felt at the end of the day. We knew that this was no coincidence. It was Jehovah’s hand.”
You have to ask a lot of questions about these experiences! A couple realize they hardly have any food to offer these sisters. All of a sudden two big shopping bags of food are waiting at their front door. Did Jehovah know what kind of food they needed? How did Jehovah inform someone to purchase food for this couple? How did the deliverers of these two big shopping bags of food know where they lived?
We knew that this was no coincidence. It was Jehovah’s hand.”
This same couple have more problems. Their car needs repairs. Does their car break down while they need transportation to work? No, they need it for the ministry work. That's more important than work. By chance, a man buys their car that needs repairs, has a wife that wants the exact type of car, and EXACTLY the same color.
The last time I brought in my truck for repairs, I don't remember anyone wanting to buy my truck. I guess Jehovah only listens to the material needs of Jehovah's Witnesses!
We knew that this was no coincidence. It was Jehovah’s hand.”