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 I work for a UK telephone company.
The company needed an electronics design engineer, so they employed a young lad named Paul. As time passed I got to know Paul and discovered he was a follower of Jesus (a Christian). He was different from the Christians I had met before, his life revolved
around God, totally dedicated to Him and full of knowledge about Him. Paul was always talking about Jesus and God, always smiling and always happy. Paul was 26 years old and extremely intelligent. The people at work belittled him, they treated him as a fool (because he believed in Jesus), but Paul just smiled and took it.
 I approached Paul and asked him, "how are you so sure that God exists"
He replied, "Because I talk to God and He talks to me. I have also witnessed the power of God through the healing of many sick people..."
This was the start to my inquisitiveness, for many days I asked Paul further questions. As time passed I got to know him better and discovered more of his hidden intelligence. I was perplexed that such an intelligent man, believed in God. I thought people who believed in Jesus were fools, deceived and soft (and geeky!). But how could such an intelligent man be? And Paul's very nature pointed to the truth about Gods existence, so I continued asking him questions about his faith.
 One day during tea-break, I was with some of the guys in the works canteen, Paul was there also, talking to the guys about God. They were arguing with him about Gods existence. Paul said to them "why don't you ask Him if He exists?" and he later said to me, "anyone who earnestly asks God for a sign, will receive it."
I never disregard what people say without weighing up the evidence.
With open mind, I took Paul at his word; I asked God if He existed, and asked for a sign. To my amazement, I received an answer.
Asking God for a Sign
(Wednesday, 1st of November 2000)
When I got home from work, I went to my bedroom and knelt. With much emotion and close to tears, I asked God (from my heart) to send me a sign, a sign so I knew He was out there and that He could hear me.
The following day I received that sign, as God graciously revealed Himself to me through a series of events.
Sign from God
Morning
The following morning at work, I went through my post. There was a Letter which stood out from the others, it was from a heating Oil Company and came with a leaflet.
 The leaflet pictured an Oil Truck and mentioned the word FREE. This grabbed my attention and I stared at the picture of the truck for a while.
Mid Day
It was soon lunch time and Paul asked if I would like to go for a walk by the river. As we walked, he asked me what was stopping me from becoming a Christian. His exact words were, "what's HOLDING you back?" I didn't want to answer this question so I avoided it.
After lunch Paul showed me a Christian website www.cybergrace.com, he said that people can e-mail them and ask for prayer. I thought this was all getting a bit too heavy, I disliked the idea and considered not speaking with Paul anymore.
But later in the afternoon, I browsed that Christian website. There was an article on becoming a Christian. The article said that to become a Christian, you must start with a prayer and ask the Lord Jesus Christ into your life, as your saviour. The prayer was there on the page so I said it, then I asked God to give me a sign.
Evening
The day soon passed and it was time to go home, so I set off on my motorcycle. No sooner had I started my journey, I was stopped by a set of traffic lights. As I waited for the lights to change, I asked God for a sign again. I said "please give me a sign God, so I know you are listening, so I know you are there, and I will become a Christian".
Then an Oil Truck passed by, it was from the same company that had sent me the Letter, that morning. I thought to myself "oh look, there's that truck", the truck drove by and I gave it no more thought.
The traffic lights changed and I continued home. There was a big queue of traffic ahead, which I overtook. I was now about 4 cars behind the truck. For the next mile of my journey, I continued praying to God asking for a sign. The cars behind the truck started turning off, one by one, until I was directly behind the truck. Again I asked God, "God give me a sign please, please God that's all I need".
 Then I noticed the Number Plate on the truck, it read "GOD".
My heart started thumping as it slowly dawned on me this could be the sign. I said to God "is this the sign?" My emotions began to rise and a smile beamed across my face as I realised I had a sign from God!
Completely amazed, I thanked Him and asked for confirmation, I said
"If this is a sign from you God, then let the rest of the number plate mean something too".
The other part of the number plate was M48
When I arrived home, I went up to my bedroom. On my bedside cabinet were several books. Amongst them was a bible called the "MESSAGE". Could this be what the M in the number plate stood for? I turned to page 48. And there on the page was the heading "To Enter Gods Kingdom".
I read through the passage, it spoke of what HOLDS people back from entering Gods kingdom, the same topic Paul had asked me during lunchtime, when he'd said "Marc what's HOLDING you back?"
A few days later
It was obvious to me that this was a sign from God, He had controlled the days events and directed me to a very important message. So I quickly became a Christian.
This all happened several years ago. But I can now confirm that God does exist and like Paul, I now know Him, I talk to Him and He talks to me and I have also witnessed His power through many different things (check out my other testimonies).
If you don't believe me - why don't you ask Jesus, for a sign from God?
Marc Puddy
God had shown me, through a series of events, that He was evident and understood my difficulties |
