One of the fun parts, or challenges, of writing a blog is the consistency of the posts. I have been doing well on it, and then, recently, got caught up with life and have not written for several days. I’m back and hope to be more consistent.
Today I’d like to chat about God’s amazing provision. I saw a powerful example of that this week.
I was in Appleton, WI, for the district council (annual business meeting) for our state. All of the churches in our district are invited. It always includes the usual reports, etc. One of the reports was for a large ministry to the central city of Milwaukee. God is using it in some powerful ways to impact and change lives. In their report they said that they expected a deficit in their budget of $141,000 for the year. That was a heavy burden to carry.
They had a young boy with them who was a part of the ministry. He gave a great testimony of living for Jesus in a tough area. He sang a song on the theme that no weapon formed against thee shall prosper. He was a very talented singer and everyone gave him a standing ovation at the end of his song. Everyone could sense the presence of God.
When he was through, one of the pastors in the meeting stood up and said that we needed to do something about the deficit. Their church would give the first $2,000. Then others started standing up and making commitments. It was everything from $50 to $10,000. There was no begging or pleading. No mental tricks to shame people in to giving. They simply responded to the need. Within several minutes, commitments totaling $141,000 were made. The entire deficit was taken care of.
We had a great time of rejoicing as everyone there knew that God had come through in an amazing way. It was a powerful example of the fact that God can take care of every need. We all were thrilled at the supernatural provision. It was the kind of meeting anyone would love to be a part of. The windows of heaven opened up and the need was met.
Let me leave you with this: God is not broke. God is not weak. God is not panicked at the challenges of this ministry. God IS able to do abundantly above all that we ask or think. Let that be an encouragement for your heart and life today.
