Follow the Barometer

A man who lived on Long Island in New York was able one day to satisfy a lifelong ambition by purchasing for himself a very fine barometer. When the instrument arrived at his home, he was extremely disappointed to find that the indicating needle appeared to be stuck, pointing to the sector marked “HURRICANE.”  After shaking the barometer very vigorously several times, its new owner sat down and wrote a scorching letter to the store from which he had purchased the instrument. The following morning on the way to his office in New York, he mailed the letter. 

That evening he returned to Long Island to find not only the barometer missing, but his house also. The barometer's needle had been right—there had been a hurricane! 

Many times God shows us the path He wants us to take, yet just as this man ignored the barometer, we can ignore His leading. Most times we fear stepping out by faith and following Him

Source: Magazine Name, June 10, 2008