Louis and the Great Power of God

Read: Joshua 2:8-11

“Here you go.” Louis handed his sister a doll. “I found her on the ground outside and didn’t want you to lose her.”

Louis looked to his mom as his sister ran off. “Grandma and I have been reading the Old Testament together,” he said. “That’s the first part of the Bible. There are some pretty cool stories in it.”

“Yeah?” Mom said, glancing up from the cookbook open in front of her.

Louis nodded. “God helped the Israelites by making the water part so they could walk across it. And He rescued them and helped them fight bad guys. He even made a donkey talk.”

Mom smiled like she didn’t believe him. “I don’t know, bud,” she said. “If all of that was true, wouldn’t other people have noticed? Wouldn’t they all have believed in and worshiped God?”

“There are stories of that too,” Louis said. “There was one woman who told the Israelites that the people where she lived were scared because they’d heard stories of what God could do.”

Mom looked at him for a long moment before closing the cookbook. “You know,” she said quietly, “I guess I can see how maybe…well…” She sighed. “I have seen you changing since you started going to church and studying the Bible with your grandma. You’re a lot kinder to your sister, for one. And you’re helpful at home. Maybe there’s something to all of that.”

“There is!” Louis said. “Jesus made me a new person and helps me love others. I can tell you so many stories about God, Mom.”

Mom smiled. “I might have you do that one day.”

Louis hoped it would be soon. “Not today?” he asked.

Mom shook her head. “I need to get dinner going.”

“Okay.” Louis sighed. “I’ll go play with Lily while you do.” If being nice to his sister was helping to convince his mom that there was a God and that He was up to great things, he would keep praying and trusting God to help him be a good big brother.

Please, God, he prayed, help Mom believe. Thank you for doing big things to show people that You are real and powerful and that you love them.

–Emily Acker

How about you? Have you ever shared a story from the Bible with someone to help them know more about God? Have you shared what Jesus has done for you and how He’s changed your life? God’s power is as real today as it was in the past, and you can help others know about it. As you share God’s truth from the Bible and let His love be seen in your life, others can know how powerful and good He is.

Today’s key verse: Yours, Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the majesty and the splendor, for everything in heaven and earth is yours. 1 Chronicles 29:11 (NIV)

Today’s key thought: Show God’s power