2009 Puerto Connonwealth Quarter

For the last two weeks I’ve been finding coins which leads to evangelism opportunities. You can catch up on the details in my earlier post Pennies from Heaven and Pennies from Heaven Continue. Here is my latest story, which happened this morning.

As I prayer walked my neighborhood this morning I came across not a penny but a new shiny quarter, the 2009 Puerto Rico Commonwealth quarter. This was the first non-penny I had encountered since having my dream on Sept. 18th. Since this was outside of the usual pattern (a non-penny), was I to give this to the next person I saw or was I supposed to just pocket the coin? I asked the Lord and the answer was, proceed as usual. I asked him what to say since this was not a penny as per the dream. He indicated that I was just to refer to it as a coin. So I began looking for someone to talk with.

As I rounded the corner of a street I saw a man who was probably in his early 70’s. He was washing the leaves out of the gutter of the street in front of his house. I approached him and said, “This quarter is for you. It comes with a story.” He smiled and indicated he wanted to hear the story.

“Two weeks ago on Saturday I had a dream that I would start to find coins while I walked. This is the fifth coin I have found. In the dream I was instructed to tell the next person I see that God loves them and he wants a relationship with them. So, here’s your coin.”

“Well, thank you very much.” He said with a big smile on his face.

“Does the year 2009 or Puerto Rico mean anything to you?”

“I don’t think so.”

“O.K. well, enjoy your quarter.”

What am I learning from this little God given project? I think there are a few lessons I’ve learned so far. Jesus only did what he saw the Father doing (Jn. 5:19). This experience for me has been much like Jesus’ experience with the woman at the well in John 4. I can only do or say what God gives me to say, so I am utterly dependent on him. Frankly, my own nature would be to push the evangelistic effort more. But I don’t know everything God is doing. If I push it I risk taking it out of God’s hands and taking control myself.

Second, Paul said:

I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God made it grow. So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow. The man who plants and the man who waters have one purpose, and each will be rewarded according to his own labor. (I Cor. 3:6-8)

I don’t know if God has someone else to water and perhaps even another person to harvest. Jesus is the Lord of the harvest (Lk. 10:2) and I’m not. In this particular case I feel that God is asking me to speak only when he arranges the situation and I’m to say only what he gives me to say. I’m not projecting this situation to any other person or situation. All of us should follow the Lord and do exactly what he tells us to do.

Is this a test of obedience? I have no idea, but I do what to do my best to be as obedient to what God tells me to do and not go beyond what he tells me to do. I’m sure there are more lessons coming and I’m anxious to learn them.

  • Does God have you on a special project? If not, were he to call you to one would you follow, even if it were potentially embarrassing?
  • How would you know if God called you to a special project?
  • How can I know when this is to end?
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