Recently, we went through the drive thru at McDonald’s at breakfast time. The kids were fussing in the backseat while I was at the speaker trying to place our order.
When we pulled up to the window, I paid and the lady handed me the bag full of what I assumed was the correct order and I hurriedly drove away. We parked in a nearby parking spot and I opened the bag to divvy up everyone’s orders. That’s when I noticed there was an extra breakfast sandwich.
Great. With all the chaos going on in our van at the time I ordered, did I accidentally order an extra sandwich? I checked my receipt. Nope, not on there.
So, they gave us this extra breakfast sandwich for free.
I thought, should I go back around and try to return it to the restaurant? No…they would probably consider it contaminated and have to throw it away.
If my hubby had been with us at the time, he would have known just what to do with it — thank God for the extra entree and add it to his plate. 😂
But he wasn’t with us that day and none of us were hungry enough to finish off our own orders plus an extra sandwich…but it just seemed like it would be a shame to let it go to waste.
Just then, I looked over and saw a man and a woman standing next to the side of the road with a sign that said “Homeless, need help.”
That’s when it hit me, we’ll offer it to this homeless couple.
As I drove up to them, I rolled down my window and explained that we had been given an extra sandwich with our meal and were wonder if they would be interested in taking it off our hands.
They gladly accepted and said it must have been meant to be.
The whole thing brightened our day and theirs and it really cost me nothing. It was out of my abundance that I gave, so it was really no credit to me…I wasn’t the one who created the blessing, I was just a vessel for delivering it.
As I drove away, I couldn’t help but think of the spiritual implications of our encounter…
God has blessed each one of us so richly…especially those of us who have been saved by his grace through belief and baptism.
The salvation He offers each one of us through the death of His Son Jesus is free…just like that breakfast sandwich.
He just asks that each one of us who’ve already been blessed by the gift of salvation to share it with others, just like we did with that breakfast sandwich.
Isn’t it stingy not to share the good news of salvation with others when you already have what you need and Jesus has already paid the price?
We live in a world where so many are spiritually homeless and carry around an invisible sign that says, “Need help.”
Won’t you share the Gospel of Jesus today?
Jesus said, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation. Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.” (Mark 16:15-16)
Until next time….
-PWAP
