This week, I had another “random” thought that turned out to be more than just a thought.

A few weeks ago, I purchased some new video production equipment for a project. It wasn’t a big deal, just something I needed to do. The piece of equipment is kind of rare—not everyone has this equipment. There’s probably only two or three in the Dallas area.

This past week, I was on the set of a friend’s production. They are shooting a new web series. And, my friend is using this special piece of equipment. He bought his last year. While I was on set, I had this thought, “I guess with me purchasing this same equipment, he could always call upon me in case there are any problems.” Random thought, or was it?

A couple of days ago, my son and I were driving down to Austin for some business meetings. While driving down, I received a phone call. The caller ID revealed it was my producer friend. That’s odd, I thought. He’s in the middle of production. He shouldn’t be calling me. I hope it’s not about the equipment.

Sure enough, his rare production equipment had broke, and he needed to borrow mine to maintain his tight production schedule. Interesting.

I know that doesn’t seem like a big deal to most people. In fact, most would just call it a coincidence. But, I don’t believe in coincidence. I believe it was that “still, small voice of God” that was simply giving me a “heads up”.

The struggle we all face is how to distinguish which thoughts are mine, which thoughts are God and which thoughts come from the devil. It’s a struggle because they all sound the same. It’s the words, the content that helps us know who is saying it.