Praying to God for a Million Dollars

A true conversation I had with the Lord. Praying for financial gain is ok in my opinion; although money is not everything it is up there with oxygen. However, the Lord in His loving infinite wisdom certainly takes care of His children as He sees fit.

I knelt down today and asked God for a Million Dollars

“Dear Father in Heaven, I am coming to You today to ask You for a Million Dollars …I believe I deserve to have a Million Dollars because I am a good person who treats others with love and respect, who helps people in their times of need and who tries to obey all of your commandments” — Lord, can I please have a Million Dollars?”

The Lord in his infinite wisdom responded to my plea by asking me a question; “How would you live if you had a Million Dollars?”

Wanting to appear humble before the Lord and making it look like money would not change me, I responded to His question by answering;
“Lord, I would live the way I am living now”.

To which the Lord responded back to me by asking;
“Then why would you need a Million Dollars?”

Thinking for a minute, I thought I would try to be clever with the Lord, so I asked Him a question;
“Lord, how much is a Million Dollars to You?”

The Lord responded by saying;
“A Million Dollars to Me is like one penny”.

I then asked another smart question;
“Lord, how long is a million years to You?”

The Lord responded by saying;
“A Million years to Me is like one Second”.

I then thought I had the Lord backed into a corner and so I asked;
“Lord, can I have a few of Your pennies?”

The Lord in His infinite loving wisdom responded to me by saying;
“Sure you can — in just a second”.

Conclusion

In today’s day and age when times are tough for so many, we may find ourselves on our knees praying for help. First, we cannot pull the wool over God’s eyes and cleverly try to ask for a “few of His pennies”, and second, it may not be in His wisdom to hand us Millions Dollars but this much is true, that God loves all of His children and wants all of us to be happy.

I also believe that as we continue to stay close to Him, try to keep His commandments and follow in the pathways of His son, Jesus Christ, that one day, we will have more than we could have ever hoped for or imagined, even more than money.


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