However, there are times that I worry. I know I am not supposed to, but there are times that life gets overwhelming - I believe that these times are the times that we learn to grow closer to God and depend on Him for all of our needs.
Notice that I didn’t say our “wants”.
During my health issues, mom’s health issues, and our financial issues, there has never been a time that we did not have the things we need. Random checks showing up in the mail on the days we were down to nothing; even an anonymous envelope containing a $20.00 bill in the mailbox one day.
Each time this happens, I am humbled even more. Humility only comes by experience, and we fight that tooth and nail. I have always been a giver; learning to be a receiver is not an easy thing.
I had another one of those experiences in the past few days.
On Saturday, I was on my way home from Lovingston and I heard that dreaded sound. I pulled over, and found that the driver’s side front tire was flat. I couldn’t change it myself, but the blessing was that I had pulled over in front of a friend’s house, and her husband changed it for me. He let me know that both front tires were very worn on the inside.
I drove home on the small “donut” tire, and immediately began to wonder where we would get the money for at least 2 new tires.
Monday morning, I called our mechanic to see if he could take a look at it. Now he knows our financial situation, so when I take the car to him, he normally checks on things and then comes and talks with me about what needs to be done and how much it might cost.
Well, they pulled the car in and began working on it. Time went by. I heard noises, tools being used, and wondered why he hadn’t been out to tell me what was going on.
I got nervous. I was figuring up in my head how much two tires would cost. How much it would cost to fix whatever was wrong that caused the tires to wear so bad.
Then I prayed.
A few minutes later, he came in the office rolling the other front tire and told me the car needed to be aligned, and that was what had caused the tires to wear. Then he smiled at me and said, “I’m gonna tell you how the Lord works”.
He told me that he had gotten a call on Saturday from a man who had never been to his garage before and that he didn’t know, and the man wanted four new tires of a specific brand. He had them in stock, so he told the man to come on and he would put new tires on the car for him. When the man arrived, our mechanic looked at his old tires and they were in good shape, so he wondered why the man wanted new ones. But he went ahead and replaced them as the man requested.
He looked at me and said, “You may not believe this, but I still had those tires in the back and they are the same brand and size that are on your mom’s car. So I went ahead and put them on for you”.
I was amazed! I was thankful! And I immediately thought how less expensive used tires are!
They finished working on the car, and he came out and told me I was ready to go. I asked him how much we owed him. This is what he said:
“You don’t owe me a penny. The man paid me to dispose of them and I was gonna throw them away. So you don’t owe me anything. Consider it a blessing from God”.
I cried. I’m crying now while I am writing this. I hugged him, thanked him, thanked Jesus, and cried all the way home.
See, while I was worried, God had already fixed it.
God made a way.
He supplied my needs.
By sending a random man to Wingina to get new tires when he really didn’t need them; and by giving us an honest, Christian mechanic who truly cares about people.
See what can happen when we truly listen to God - when He asks us to do something that doesn’t make sense to us, but we obey Him. We may never know why He asked us to do a certain thing, but you better believe He has a reason for it.
There’s another way that God has supplied my needs. See, I am a sinner. There is no way I could redeem myself, or pay for my sins. So God made a way, through His Son Jesus Christ, to pay a debt I cannot pay.
While I was a sinner, God had already fixed it.
But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5:8
God made a way.
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. John 14:6
He supplied my needs.
But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:19
And He supplied your needs. The need for a Saviour.
For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; Romans 3:23
Say yes to Him today...and travel the True Journey.
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