One dark evening in 1991, I sat on a park bench atop Prayer Mountain. No, not Pastor Cho’s Prayer Mountain in Seoul, Korea, but a 20-foot high mound located in a tiny Japanese garden near our home in Tokyo. The pine and oak trees that towered overhead made the evening appear even gloomier.
But the worst gloom was inside me. I felt so shattered. The focusing muscles around my eyes filled my days with pain and fatigue. Office work was torture and writing, impossible. I simply didn’t know what to do. So I decided to give up my missionary assignment and return to the USA.
Back to the Tokyo version of Prayer Mountain. About eighty feet to my right lay a train track for diesel-powered engines. Two hundred feet to my left lay tracks for electric-powered trains. Well, God decided to exert his almighty sense of humor to perk me up.
I heard in the distance the distinct whistle of a diesel freight train. Then a clattering electric passenger train approached; a second passenger train came from the opposite direction on another track, and, believe it or not, a third passenger train showed up. A diesel freight train about eighty feet to my right and three electric passenger trains on my left! The noise level soared. But that’s not all. A large twin engine U.S. Navy plane roared overhead. I hadn’t heard such noise in all my life.
“God, time out! Even you can’t hear me over this noise!” I began laughing at the circumstances orchestrated by the Lord. Only a supreme Creator could synchronize the arrival of four trains and an airplane at a tiny Japanese garden in Tokyo.
As the noise subsided and the evening calm returned, his presence visited me. My inner gloom evaporated as I considered the great love of the Lord who sent four trains and an airplane to remind me of his control. Is God good or what!
The One who always gives me the best of everything also equips me to give the best of myself to him!
Our electric-powered Japanese passenger train approached Shinjuku Station. Sliding doors quickly sprang open, and hundreds of passengers disembarked. Surrounded by this sea of Japanese business people, housewives and school children, Delores and I stood out like sore thumbs. I noticed two young children staring at us. The embarrassed mother quickly pulled them away and probably told them a Japanese equivalent of “It’s not polite to stare.” 
During my private fellowship time with the Lord, his Spirit often enfolds me in his presence. My imagination envisions him seated upon an exalted throne. His ornate, royal garments fill the temple; angelic creatures shout his praise. Vivid colors fill my imagination as I gaze upon our Lord’s dwelling place. Sights and Sounds exceed anything we have seen or heard upon earth.
Our Creator chose to envelop earth in an atmosphere we call “air.” Air surrounds and sustains us, refreshes us and protects us from harmful sun rays. Air makes life possible. Two gases comprise the bulk of our atmosphere: nitrogen, about 79% and oxygen, a little more than 20%. 
A beautiful full moon illuminated the night sky. I could plainly see my own shadow in the grass. As I looked up to admire Father’s glorious handiwork, I noticed some clouds backlit by the shining moon.
How big is your God?
You probably haven’t dealt with many lions recently. We Americans rarely encounter lions on the city streets or in the back yard.
The Lord promised, “I will send my angel ahead of you to guard you along the way and to bring you to the place I prepared,” Exodus 23:20. Just think of that! The Almighty Creator of heaven and earth directs your steps. He constantly works to lead you in ways that most benefit his purposes and your happiness. How measureless is God’s love for us!
Delores and I moved to Singapore in May of 1988. At that time almost three million people lived in that great city. Can you imagine house hunting in a mega city where customs and culture are unfamiliar? Well, let me tell you how God brought us to the place he prepared.
In six days the Lord made the heavens, the earth and everything in them. Why six days? Why not just wave his almighty hand and instantaneously bring everything into being?
