God’s Faithfulness by Chris Page
I am a bit of a skeptic by nature. I tend to doubt and worry more than I should about things. This is something that God is working on in me. More and more He asks me to place complete trust in Him, even when things look impossible - because our God LOVES to do the impossible to show us His power.
Recently, I’ve seen God at work so faithfully that even a skeptic like me has a hard time staying skeptical. Here is a recent example. Over the past several months, we have had some personal financial concerns facing us. We were facing expenses that simply were not in our budget to meet, and yet in great need of being met. We sought God in prayer and were reminded that He is in control and desires only our belief in His faithfulness. Well, shortly after Christmas, in a span of about 2 weeks, we met people who were interested in helping us meet this financial need. At this time, we are awaiting the final promised check to arrive so we can take care of this concern. To see God (and his body) meet this need so quickly, encourages us to keep trusting in Him for everything that we need and to keep our eyes open to watch Him work. He always has a plan.
I tell this story here to encourage you that as the summer arrives and churches all over the place prepare for summer mission trips and projects, that it is a time when fund raising is high up on everybody’s mind and priority lists. Be encouraged! God has the resources to meet whatever need you have (financial and other). Just keep trusting Him and seeking His leading. Sometimes the process of fundraising for a mission trip is discouraging if things don’t come together as we think they should. But God has a plan for such things. Keep listening to Him and trusting Him and see amazing, “impossible” things accomplished. Then remember to offer praise and thanksgiving to Him for His continuing faithfulness and desire to teach you to depend on Him.
