Blessing in a Biscuit

God has always given me the burning desire to be a blessing to people by doing things for those in need. The problem is, most things cost money and I’ve never been in a position where I could give the “big” things I really wanted to give (cars, houses, groceries, etc.) So, for years, rather than stepping out and just seeing what God would do with such a vision, I didn’t do anything! I just lived my life taking care of my needs.

But one day God began to deal with me in this area. He told me that I didn’t have to do “big” things. In God’s Kingdom, even the little things have a “big” impact on lives. With that, He inspired me to buy the first biscuit.

“And I have been a constant example of how you can help those in need by working hard. You should remember the words of the Lord Jesus: 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.'" - Acts 20:35 NLT

A few years ago, my morning routine before heading to work was to go through Bojangles and order a biscuit for my breakfast. The morning God began to deal with me about blessing others, He told me to step out of my comfort zone and pay for the meal of the person behind me in the drive-thru.

I argued with God about doing this. I don’t like recognition for doing good things.

But God said to me, “Just do it!”

So I did it.

The first time buying a stranger a meal was very uncomfortable, but as the weeks passed it became easier to tell the clerk at the window I wanted to pay for the meal of the person behind me in the drive-thru.

I would usually go to the same Bojangles every morning and the clerks began to know my routine of paying for someone’s meal.

As I went through the drive-thru each morning, God told me He only wanted me to bless people with this “biscuit ministry”

Because of my lack of faith, I would ask the clerk at the window each time, “how much is the order behind me,” BEFORE telling her I would pay for it.

One day I went through the drive-through and He taught me a BIG lesson in my “lack of faith.” I saw a woman in a car behind me and I asked the clerk how much her breakfast was. The amount was double what I was prepared to pay! I only had $10 left after paying for my own breakfast.

I argued with God that I could not do this today, but in His still, small voice said once again, “Just do it.” I paid for her meal, asked the clerk to tell the woman, “God loves you,” and I drove away.

Within minutes after leaving the drive-thru, I heard a car horn blowing behind me. I looked in my rear-view mirror and there was the woman whose meal I had bought! I tried to ignore her, but she followed me until I finally stopped at my parent’s house.

I got out of my car and so did she. She had big tears in her eyes as I walked toward her. She was an older woman. She was having a very discouraging day and the act of kindness I showed her gave her encouragement. We talked for a while and I had an opportunity to invite her to church. We hugged and she left.

I called my mother to tell her what had just taken place because my mother taught the Women’s 60-70-Year-Old class at our church. This woman was in that same age group and actually knew my mother. I felt she needed encouragement and thought the class would visit her. Mother agreed and visited her a few times. Even though I questioned the cost of buying someone’s meal that morning, God honored it!

“Now, therefore, perform the doing [of it]; that as [there was] a readiness to will, so [there may be] a performance also out of that which ye have. For if there be first a willing mind, [it is] accepted according to that a man hath, [and] not according to that he hath not." - 2 Corinthians 8:11-12 KJV

The following day, I went to the drive-thru at the same location. When I got to the

window to pay for my breakfast, the clerk asked me if I was the woman who bought the meal for the woman the day before.

Not wanting recognition, I reluctantly answered, “Yes.” She said, “You will NEVER believe what happened when you did that!” She told me that when she told the woman I paid for her meal and said to tell her, “God loves you”, the woman broke down and cried. The clerk said it made her cry, too.

The clerk began to tell me that when the woman drove away, another car pulled up and the woman driving the next car said, “I would like to buy the breakfast of the car behind me!”

The clerk was a little shocked, but rang up the next car’s order and took her money. Then when the next car pulled up and was told her breakfast was paid for, that woman began to cry! So did the clerk!

THEN, when her car left, another car pulled up and the person driving the next car said, “I would like to buy breakfast for the car behind me!” This time the clerk questioned the motives and asked a driver if a church in town was doing something special that day, like “Buy Someone’s Breakfast Day," or something?

The woman said, “No.” When the clerk explained what was happening, that woman began to cry!

The very next day, the manager was working the window when I showed up for my routine biscuit. He recognized my car and asked if I was the woman who bought the meal for the woman two days earlier. I replied, “Yes.” He said the chain continued through EIGHT cars (including mine). The clerks at the window were so shocked at what was happening they had to tell him about it.

I told him, “You know that was God, don’t you?” With tears in his eyes, he answered, “Yes, I know!”

Remember, YOU have to take the first step in trusting God.