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It was one of the first stories I ever worked on as an editor at Guideposts<\/em><\/a>. A waitress walking home late at night hears someone following her. Thieves? Troublemakers? No matter how fast she went, she couldn\u2019t outrun them. It was then she heard a voice: \u201cEat the chicken!\u201d<\/p>\n

What? Why? She had a bag of leftover chicken from that night\u2019s serving. But why eat it now? She was running for her life. Still, she opened the sack and the smell of the meat attracted a pair of dogs who safely accompanied her home. Eat the chicken? It was just the right message. <\/p>\n

Over the years we\u2019ve featured countless stories<\/a> that illustrate how God can speak to us<\/a> in the most unexpected ways. Here are just a few examples.<\/p>\n

Wherever you go, provisions will follow. <\/strong>
\nMarty Via and his wife and two kids lived in Ohio where he worked in construction until an accident halted his career. His pastor gave him a job helping out at a benevolence mission and suggested that maybe he had a calling to the ministry.<\/p>\n

That didn\u2019t seem right to Marty. But as he was praying, a town he\u2019d never heard of came to him. Waycross, Georgia. His wife got the same message. His kids did too. As outlandish as it seemed, they emptied their house, rented a moving van and drove 18 hours straight to Waycross.<\/p>\n

What on earth were they supposed to do there? It hardly seemed alluring, a smattering of empty storefronts and rundown houses. As hard as they looked, neither Marty nor his wife Dale could find jobs there. Nothing. Waycross? What was God thinking? It seemed like a dead end.<\/p>\n

One sweltering summer night\u2014no air conditioning in their cheap rental\u2014Marty woke up at 3:00 and prayed for guidance<\/a>. It came to him. He would start a benevolence mission here, providing food and clothes to the needy. The names of the local pastors and congregations came to him. He found a new purpose and calling. In a place he\u2019d never heard of before. Waycross.<\/p>\n

Look to Scripture for understanding. <\/strong>
\nSue Likkel had such terrible pain in her foot<\/a> she had to hobble around on crutches. Couldn\u2019t run errands, couldn\u2019t help out at home.<\/p>\n

The doctor said it was a broken toe and then, even more worrisome, a nerve that ran from her spine down to her leg. Months went by. She felt so helpless she stopped praying, the fear of what was happening to her body taking over her life.<\/p>\n

One night she cried out to God and the message came: \u201cMy child. Get up.\u201d She got up from bed, puzzled. The next morning, she called the doctor\u2019s office. The nurse who answered urged her to look for healing power in the Bible. <\/p>\n

Sue turned to Scripture, and her eye landed on one verse: \u201cDon\u2019t be afraid. Just believe, and she will be healed\u201d (Luke 8:50). The she glanced up the page saw the startling words, \u201cMy child, get up!\u201d the message God had given her.<\/p>\n

That was turnaround moment. At once the pain disappeared. The doctor was as startled as she was. She was healed.<\/p>\n

Trust yourself. <\/strong>
\nGod gave us all unique gifts.<\/a> To use them we need to trust ourselves. <\/p>\n

Coila Evans dreamed of being an artist. She loved to sketch and paint from the youngest age, but her dreams seemed dashed when the Dallas high school for visual arts didn\u2019t grant her acceptance.<\/p>\n

She became a hair colorist and massage therapist instead, work she greatly enjoyed. Still, there was that voice that she couldn\u2019t ignore. She was meant to be an artist.<\/p>\n

She picked up her brushes and began to paint again, selling a few things here and there. Then she read of an artist residency sponsored by a gallery in New York. She yearned to apply. If she could only get enough money to fly there and stay for a while.<\/p>\n

\u201cPaint 50 paints in 50 days.\u201d That was the message and she followed it enthusiastically, rigorously day after day, selling her work, getting more attention.<\/p>\n

Until she came to painting number 32. She was stuck. Was her dream silly? Did she have any talent at all? Had that voice just been a phantom calling? Was it time to quit?<\/p>\n

No, because quitting on art would mean quitting on God. She finished the 50 paintings, sold them all and her dream trip came through. <\/p>\n

Trust yourself. Give up your fears. <\/a>Become who you were always meant to be. Even if you haven\u2019t heard an unexpected voice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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