I then walked into the entrance of the restaurant. There is a dining table sitting right next to this big picture window. On that table were four magazines laid out perfectly so that four people sitting at that table could read those magazines after they sat down. Instead of four plates, there were four magazines on the table.
I then walked into the restroom where we keep the mop and bucket. We also have a five-gallon bucket that we keep in a floor sink in that room. I noticed that the five-gallon bucket was full of water. I did not fill that bucket with water. Why was that bucket filled with water?
When Matt got back from his trip, I told him what had happened and if someone did this as a prank. I told him to ask his son Lucas, if he did it. Just last night, Lucas and a couple of his friends stopped by the restaurant to get something to eat. I asked him if he did it as a prank and he looked a bit surprised and told me that he didn't do it.
Could this be a God thing? When I first saw the light that was turned on, the four magazines on the table and the bucket full of water, I didn't think it was something negative. The light that was turned on bore witness with my spirit: it was something positive, it was edifying.
Let's say this was a God thing and that the Lord was trying to show me something.
- The light that was turned on. We who abide in Christ are the light of the world. A light that shines in darkness expels that darkness. Maybe the Lord is telling me that my light is shining.
- The four magazines on the table. Magazines are made for people to read. Magazines are mass media. Magazines can influence a lot of people all over the world. There wasn't one magazine on that table, there were four. If someone had an article published in one magazine, a certain amount of people would read that article. If someone had an article published in four magazines, then maybe four times as many people would read that article. Four times as many: multiplication: sowing seed and bearing fruit. We who abide in Christ bear much fruit. Also, it was the table right next to the big picture window. It was not a table next to the smaller windows in the restaurant. It was the big picture window. In the middle of the afternoon, much sunlight can shine through that picture window. The big picture: strategic: affects more people as opposed to a smaller window (tactical)—less sunlight, less influence, less people. Big picture window: more sunlight, more Sonlight, more Son of God Light. The Light of the world.
- The bucket filled with water. It is something that was definitely positive. The bucket was not half-full; the bucket was filled to the brim. My life is full because of Jesus Christ. My cup overflows. John 7:38: "He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water."
