Knock, the Door will be Opened. the Lord Opened Even Without my Knocking
I will break down the gates of bronze and cuts through bars of iron. I will give you the treasures of darkness and riches stored in secret places – Is 45:2-3 (NIV)”
I did not know the way out or what to do further or whom to approach. All the ways and doors had been shut for me. Neither can I stay in the apartment beyond 01st June 2001 nor my son in the Rehab. Centre nor can we return to India. We were virtually stranded in the streets of a foreign land with none to help and no where to go with a handicapped son who could neither talk nor stand or walk. It is not a small amount to ask anyone. 7.5 lakhs! Who will give? What to do? In my helpless condition I had none
S. THAYAPPAN 43 else except to look to Lord Jesus. I knelt down and fell at the Lord’s feet, tears rolling down my cheeks, I could not even pray or tell my situation to Him. I only wept and poured out my heart silently like Hannah. The Lord can know my hopeless condition. Only He knows and He alone can reverse it. He alone can help me. None else. The Lord who makes way in the desert and streams in the waste land (Isaiah 43:19) and who breaks down the gates of bronze and cuts through bars of iron and blesses you the treasures of darkness and riches stored in secret places (Isaiah 45:2,3) heard my silent prayers and saw my tears. He broke open the impossible iron gates for me. He opened up a way for me where there was no way out at all and allowed the streams to flow in the hopeless condition of my life and gave me the treasures and riches stored in secret places. Next day morning I received a long distance phone call from Atlanta, North America, almost more than 10,000 miles away from Port land, Oregon State, where I was staying. It was from the President of Datamatics Consultants who had initially selected my son for a job in USA. He asked me, “how are you Mr. Thayappan, how is Karthik? I am sorry I had not contacted you for a long time. Last night, all of a sudden something struck me and I remembered you and Karthik. The sudden impulse and feeling was so compelling, I just waited for the day to break to call you up”. Jesus Christ had just pressed the button as soon as I had knelt down and prayed to Him! Hallelujah! The President then asked me if he can do anything for me. I told him about the medical evacuation and the refusal of the Insurance Company to meet the travel expenses. He asked me how much. I told him it is 15800 dollars. Without a hesitation for a minute, he said, “I will give you the money. Ask the Medical Evacuation Airlines to fax me the bill”. I was stunned and simply taken back. I told him that I cannot even think of repaying such a heavy amount at any time. He said that it was not a loan but ONLY A GIFT FROM HIM! I could not even believe my own ears. I could only shed tears on seeing the unbelievable mercy and grace of the Lord. HE DOES THINGS WHICH CANNOT BE THOUGHT OF OR IMAGINED BY ANY
ONE! How aptly Job says as we find in Job 5:9 that the Lord performs wonders that cannot be fathomed, miracles that cannot be counted! Eph: 3:20 also exclaims that the Lord is able to do immeasurably more than all we could ask or imagine according to His power that is at work in us!