>> Hi, I'm Chad Gonzales, and I have a supernatural story
to tell you about God's provision
and getting to this place of asking
and thinking what's possible,
what's possible with my faith in God.
You know, several years ago, Lacey and I,
we had started our first church in College Station, Texas.
And, you know, we started our first church,
and the church wasn't at a place
to be able to support us full time.
So I was working for the state of Texas, I was a counselor
and I was working for the foster care system.
And so with this job, I would go to different houses,
inspect the houses,
and I would interview the different parents
and interview the children.
And so there was one particular home
that I needed to go inspect
and I needed to talk to the parents,
do some counseling with the children,
and it was about 100 miles from my house.
Now, unfortunately, the parents,
they couldn't meet with me during the day, they worked,
they worked all during the day. And so I had to drive two hours
to meet with them at around 10:00 at night.
So I drive two hours,
I'm driving Lacey's little red Ford Mustang.
Now, friends, this is way before electric vehicles.
And there's the reason I'm telling you this.
I drive in this Ford Mustang, drive the two hours,
I get to their house,
and when I pull up, I had my music blaring
and I'm singing and listening to some stuff,
and didn't realize I had been on E!
I mean, the gauges on the, the fuel gauge
is on, the orange light is shining that it's on E.
And so I knew that it needed some gas,
but I went ahead, went inside the house
and I just decided I would get gas after the interview.
So after about two hours of being in the house,
I've interviewed the parents, talked to the kids and,
and an inspection of the home.
I walk outside, I get into this red Ford
Mustang, this 1999 red Ford Mustang,
and I drive down to the gas station
that was a few miles down the road.
Now, remember when I pulled into their driveway, I was on E,
and now I drive to the gas station on E,
I pull up to the fuel tank and I go to get gas and realize
I don't have my wallet.
And so I start searching frantically through the car
to see if I could find some cash and find some type of card.
I didn't have a cell phone on me.
And so I found a Walmart gift card.
And so there was, I knew there was a Walmart
about ten miles down the road
in the opposite direction of which I needed to go.
But I knew I could get some gas that way.
So I drive ten miles. I'm on E now, I drive ten miles
the opposite direction, pull up to the Walmart
and realize there's no gas station.
So I'm trying to figure out what to do.
So now I drive back the opposite way,
another ten miles on E, and by this point
I know that I'm on fumes.
I pulled into the gas station. I walked up to the attendant.
I said, Look, my wife is at home.
We have a brand new little baby. He's only a few months old.
It would be really unsafe for them to drive
all this way to come and get me
because this was this was kind of a country town.
It was a two lane road going through,
most of it just being really unsafe.
I'm trying to explain my situation
and see if I can get some compassion from the guy.
And I said, look, here's my driver's license
and here's a Walmart gift card that has $25 on it, you can call
and you can verify the balance, is there any way,
if I left this with you,
that you would let me get some gas just
so I can get home and then when I get home tomorrow,
I'll come back and I'll give you the money.
He said, Sir, I understand your situation,
but I'm not in a position
to be able to allow you to do that.
So I'm a little upset.
I'm a little frustrated. I'm walking outside.
I get into the Mustang and I'm sitting there
and I'm questioning, okay, what am I going to do?
I don't have a cell phone. I don't have any money.
I'm two hours away from home. It's midnight now, and my wife
and my son are back there asleep at the house.
While I'm sitting there, I was reminded of the story
that I had heard my pastor tell. My pastor told the story about
when he was a teenager, his dad was a minister
and they had driven several hours away to go
and hold some meetings. They'd been there all week
and my pastor said that the offering
that came in for his father, who was the minister,
the offering wasn't enough to even get enough gas to get home.
And he said they were sitting in the car
and he asked his dad, he said, what are we going to do?
And his dad said, Well, son,
he said, the Lord provided and he got us here
and the Lord's going to provide and get us home.
And so they began to drive through the night,
and my pastor said he remembered
watching that fuel gauge for hours
and seeing that fuel gauge right there toward the bottom line
and it never moved.
And they drove for hours and hours
and hours all through the night
and got home without having to put a single tank of gas in.
That story came to my remembrance
and I knew it was a holy Spirit. And so I'm thinking about that,
and then this thought came to me,
All right, God, look, I didn't do this on purpose.
This isn't me trying to test you, tempt you.
I didn't do this on purpose. This was on accident.
I left my wallet at home, but I need to get home.
I need to get home to my wife and my son,
and I'm just going to trust you, that what you did for my pastor,
what you did for his father,
you're going to do that for me too.
If it was possible for them, it's possible for me.
So remember, I've been on E for quite a while.
I've already driven about 25 miles on E.
So I start up this red Ford Mustang
and I begin on my journey
down this little two lane road through the country.
And I'm not going to lie, I was praying in tongues really,
really loud, really, really fast.
Because, you know, if you pray really loud and really fast,
it makes it work more and you get more power that way.
I mean, I was so nervous
and so I was praying really, really hard.
I rolled my windows down, I cut the air conditioner off
because I knew that would use less power and less gasoline.
And so I've got the window down, I'm driving
and I'm praying in tongues really hard and really fast.
I get down the road ten miles, 15 miles, 20 miles.
I get 50 miles and I know I've already surpassed
what I should have been able to do.
I mean, this thing had to have been on fumes, and I'm driving
and I'm starting to get kind of excited
because I started realizing the only way this is possible,
there has to be an angel that's like super energizing
this engine for this thing to continue to run
because it was running perfectly.
It was running perfectly, there was no sputter,
there was no shake, there was no hiccups. Nothing.
This thing's running smooth and I'm going down the road,
I drove 50 miles and then I'll never forget,
I will never forget pulling into the city of College Station
and I saw the city limits.
I saw the city limits outside of college station.
I started screaming so loud, I started praising God.
I was dancing in the car
because I had driven almost two hours on empty.
I mean, you're talking about over 100 miles on empty
that I had driven.
I started screaming and shouting,
Praise God, I'm going to make it.
I'm going to make it. I'm going to make it.
And I crossed into the city
and I remember driving through our neighborhood,
pulled into our house, pulled into the driveway,
and I just sat there in the car, absolutely astounded
that I had driven all this way on E.
I went inside my house, I wanted to wake up Lacey
and tell her this wonderful encounter with God
I just had, but I left her alone.
I got my shower and I went to bed.
So that was a miracle in itself. But an even greater miracle
was this: I wake up the next morning,
I have to go to work, I wake up the next morning,
get dressed, I go out to my car and you know what?
I put the key in and it started up,
and then I drove my car.
I had to go about 3 or 4 miles down to the nearest gas station.
I drove to the gas station
and I put a full tank of gas in this car.
Some people I've told this story, they said,
Oh, there's no way that that's possible.
Something was wrong with the fuel gauge
and that's why you were able to drive that way.
No, I put a full tank of gas into this car.
I filled it up to the full
and watched the gauge go all the way up.
Now, back in those days, you know,
I could put about $30 and fill that thing up.
I filled it all the way up and then drove to work.
I was in absolute amazement
that not only did I drive all that way,
but the next morning it started up
with no gas in that tank
and I put a full tank and drove it to work.
And that led me on this journey that I've been on now,
what's possible.
What's possible when we put our faith in God?
You know, Jesus said nothing is impossible with God.
There's no impossibilities there.
But then he also made this statement.
He said, And all things are possible to him who believes.
That means God put us in his class.
He put us on the same level as him,
that we could go into this realm of the impossibilities
and make them possible
if we would simply release our faith and put it on him.
And, you know, we're going to be in some situations,
I highly believe we're going to be some situations
in these coming days,
these coming years, in which there's going to be
some some needs and desires and situations
where there isn't going to be a natural solution.
There's going to be some times where the world
is looking for an answer and there is no answer.
But I believe that there's going to be some times
that God's going to do for you and I just like he did
for the Israelites in the land of Goshen
and with the Egyptians,
that where there was darkness for the Egyptians,
they was still a light for the Israelites.
And it didn't seem like there was any possible way
in the natural for that to happen.
But there's going to be some times
we're going to be in some situations
and we're going to have to exert our faith.
We're going to have to look past the impossibilities of the world
and begin that question and begin to ask what's possible.
Jesus even wrote us a blank check when he said,
If you ask anything in my name,
if you demand anything in my name, I will do it.
So I want to encourage you today, begin asking
this question What's possible?
What's possible for me as a man or a woman filled with God,
united with God, one with God given the very same authority,
the very same dominion,
the very same glory that Jesus has right now.
The Bible says in Ephesians chapter one and verse three,
He has blessed us with every spiritual blessing
in heavenly places, where? in Christ.
That means wherever I am, because of my union with Him,
all of heaven's resources are available.
And in order for me to fulfill the plan of God,
if it means that God has to in some way,
somehow, because of me hooking up with Him,
somehow exert some things over some natural laws
and cause some supernatural abilities
and supernatural things to happen,
He'll do it because, number one, he loves us.
Number two, he has a plan for us
and he wants us to be able to fulfill it.
So I want to encourage you today think what's possible for me
because of my faith in God?