<TITLE>05. Par 19-22</TITLE>L-19 Now, notice. And she longed to go. And he would... They'd go get out the scrolls and say, "Now, looky here. This great god of ours is so-and-so..."
She'd say, "I heard my grandmother talk about that. And she said she heard her grandmother talk about it. But all we have is some written words of a god that once existed. Where is he today? They tell me that those people up there in Israel has got a living God, Who's living among them, operating through them. I want to see it." "Blessed are they that do hunger and thirst, for they shall be filled."

L-20 She made ready. She was a sensible woman. She said... She ladened some animals down with gold, and silver, and frankincense, and many great stones of great price. Let's think that she said this in her heart, "I'm not going to set down here in Sheba and just be a wet rag. If they've got a revival going on that manifests the Presence of a living God, I'm going up to find out about it. For if they've that among them, we haven't got it among us. And I want to stop these creeds that--and find where there is something that can talk back." Bless that woman's heart. She was hungering and thirsting for God.
And she ladened these animals with these gifts, and perhaps she said this, "I'm going up. I ain't going to take nobody else's word. I'm going to find out for myself. If it's the truth, I'll support it. If it isn't the truth, I'll bring my gifts back." That's a good idea.
If God's in it, put everything behind it you got: your soul, your heart, your mind, your talent, all that you've got, give it to the glory of God. If He isn't God, then let it alone and find out where there is a God. If it isn't the truth, let it alone, and find out what is truth.

L-21 So then, she had to cross the Sahara Desert. Now, this company of... She had a few guards, eunuchs from the temple, a few maids to wait on her. You know how long it would take to cross the desert from Sheba to Jerusalem by camel? Takes three months. No wonder Jesus said she would stand in the day of judgment and condemn this generation. Why, some people in Los Angeles won't drive a Cadillac up here to hear about it. Look what she had to do, come across the Sahara Desert on the back of a camel. But there was something in her heart, thirsting to find out if there was a God, and if He lived, and He lived in His people.
When you get to thirsting like that, there's nothing going to hold you away from it. I don't care what they call the people, they've been called all kinds of names. So was Jesus called, Beelzebub. Make any difference what the people says, it's what God is saying.

L-22 And so she took off. Here's something else had to confront her, the children of Ishmael was on the desert, fleet-footed riders, robbers, murders. Well, what a... What a--a prey that would be for them. Why, that great band of men could ride in on that little company and mop it out in a few moment's time. And look at the thousands of dollars of money and wealth she had on these camels. Why, it was a set-up for them.
But, you know what? Her faith and desire to see the Kingdom of God, God stopped it for her. He made a way for her.
And I say to both visible and invisible audience, if your heart is so hungering and thirsting to come to God, God will make a way for you to get to Him. He's always did it, and He always will.


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