Since 1877, the Pacific Gospel Mission has cared and preached the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the men and women of Chicago. The mission was founded and funded by George and Sarah Clark from the very beginning and would quickly become a mission of massive size. As a result of the increase, the Clarks, who had been bearing the cost of the mission, were unable to fund it any longer.
Despite their best efforts to fundraise, the financial burden came to a head to such a degree that if the Clarks did not garner the money, the mission would have to close its doors. The Clarks spent the whole night on their knees in the house praying that God would provide the money to save the mission.
In the morning, when the couple emerged from its Morgan Park home, they looked with awe at their yard. Filling the yard were hundreds of the highest quality mushrooms. This was made even more remarkable because not only had there never been mushrooms in their yard before but it wasn't even season for them. The couple spent all morning picking the mushrooms, then brought and sold them to the chefs at the Palmer House, the famed hotel. The Pacific Gospel Mission was able to keep its doors open, all because of the providential hand of God Almighty.
The essence and point of this story is fairly self-evident. God is a God who provides for those who earnestly seek after Him. This is one of the keys to the Christian life. No matter our circumstance, if we are seeking to live in the center of God's will and we are worshiping Him in faith and humility, He does and will bless us for our faithfulness. Let us then continually and persistently come to God with our requests, big and small, so that we may be blessed by the Lord!
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