The Lord does abundantly more than we could ask or imagine. Over the past few weeks I have seen the Lords goodness and faithfulness, time after time. I am constantly amazed by all the little details and ways that the Lord reminds me of His promises and His endless love for me. Throughout my fundraising journey I am constantly being reminded to let go and trust God. Which, in all honesty is really hard for me to do, because I want to feel some form of control in the situation, but whenever I finally give it to the Lord that’s when He moves. He is moved by our faith and trust in Him. I have so many testimonies of how this has been made true along the way.
Early on in my journey I had told a few co-workers that this is where the Lord was calling me to and each of them made a point to pray for me through the whole process and as a part of that they both mentioned to their churches to be praying for me as well. Just from their obedience to pray and tell those they are in community with I ended up with two meeting with churches that I was not actively a part of but that wanted me to come and share with them the ministry that I was entering into and be a part of that as well. It was a super sweet time getting to share with people who were practically strangers and witness their excitement and support through the whole process was very encouraging, and proved to me the importance of just going and meeting with people and letting God handle the rest, because won’t He do it!
The Lord has been teaching me so many valuable principles as well. One in particular is the power of giving. In the Bible it stresses numerous times the importance of giving and the power and favor that it brings. I met with my pastor and leadership team to develop a partnership with them and decide how to move forward in that. During a prayer over me he challenged me to seek out who and give the same amount that I had been given so far to someone else and see the Lord move in that. To keep things real I struggled with this for a couple days; not that I didn’t want to, but how I would be sure I was giving it to the right person. Through this the Lord revealed that I had my priorities out of line and it wasn’t about who it would go to or the logistics of if they really needed it. Rather He just wanted my obedience and faith in just trusting Him and listening to Holy Spirit as He showed me who. Once I got me out of the way and followed through simply trusting Him with that He was beyond faithful to provide and I got word right at the same time that one of the churches I spoke with was going to donate $1000 and check back in a few months to see how it was coming. Let me tell you I was practically in tears when I heard this. Sometimes I feel so small minded and put God in a box, and time and time again He shows out and reminds me that I can’t even fathom all He is capable of and willing to do for me if I just as and act out on faith remembering that it all comes from Him anyways and even what I do have isn’t mine but the Lord’s that He’s allowed me to be a steward of.
Another example is a few weeks ago I saw someone I follow on social media was temporarily moving to Honduras to do mission work after a recent trip He took over new years. I have following along for the whole journey and was so encouraged by his story and all that He was doing out of obedience and even though I also am fundraising for a trip and have a lot to prepare for beforehand I felt really led to give to the ministry that He is a part of and so even though in my mind I didn’t have a whole lot extra to give I gave it to the Lord and decided to give $100. I kid you not, two days later I went home from work and on my desk was a card back in response to support letters I sent out to my family and inside of it was a check for $1000, I was sitting next to my mom and all I could do was hand it to her and cry because the Lord is so good.
All the examples I have given are obviously on a larger scale but I’ve seen the Lord in all of it through the people sending prayers and asking for updates, those who are genuinely invested in what I’m doing and how its going so far. To those who randomly text me and give me encouragement and all the monetary gifts big or small has been a true blessing and grown my faith significantly. I am truly blessed to have such a strong and supportive community of friends and family that is helping me reach my goals and follow the Lords calling on my life. I couldn’t do it without them and I wouldn’t want to. Allowing people to come into my life in such a way has been so freeing and truly a blessing. Thank you for your continued support and prayers!
I believe that you are going to do greatthings and that you have very much so that you are going to do the will of GOD!
God will be faithfull though out your walk the bible says “If we are faithless, he remains faithful— for he cannot deny himself.”