Philippians 4:19 (AMP) says, And my God will liberally supply (fill to the full) your every need according to His riches in glory in Jesus Christ.
It is true that I have seen the Lord provide thoughout my life. Not just in little ways either. In big ways: money for the bills, watching over Dad with his appendix & me with my surgery two years ago, protection from car wrecks & fires, & security, just to name a few. Philippians 4:19 says that He will provide for our every need. My family & I have seen Him provide for our needs in the past, but this time He really "knocked our woolly socks off".
Jarid married Lindsay in Phoenix, Arizona on 01.01.10. It was a wonderful time for my family, but the combination of the event, the trip, & the soon beginning of second semester equalled great financial strain for my family. I had to clean out my savings for my down payment & I was still going to be short. Craig had nothing.Not two pennies to rub together. NOTHING. I am a worrier & I love my brother, so it took alot of faith to believe that the Lord was going to provide. But I knew He would. He was asking Mom & I to wait so we could see Him work & so we would know, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that college was not paid by Mom or me, but my Him.
Craig & I had to be on campus January 4th for Craig's preterm class. That's right, Craig took a whole class whithout know how the Lord was going to provide for him to stay for the rest of the semester. I was praying. Craig was praying. Mom & Dad were praying. We knew the Lord would provide because we were all confident that the Lord had called Craig to Maranatha.
The down payment ws due on Monday, January 11th. On Saturday, January 9th, I got a call from Mom. The GI Bill had finally gone though. The Lord was providing. Not just that, Dad's "lost" pay was rectified. The Lord was providing! Philippians 4:19 (AMP) says the Lord will "liberally supply" or "fill to the full" your every need, but the Lord did more than that, He gave us a want too. On Saturday night, while I was still bubbling with excitement over the new Mom had shared with me that mornig, Crystal texted me: "I just won a Wii!" I thought she was kidding (she is, after all, my big sister). It couldn't be true. The Lord gave us not only the money we needed for college, but also a Wii? Is God really that good? Yes, He really is.
My skepticism came back on Monday, Down Payment Day. AKA: The Worst Day of the Semester (it always makes me feel poor & I hate that feeling). I just knew that the business office would give us trouble, saying they couldn't accept the finanial aid statement without money. You never know how fast the government will give you the money they say they have given you. So, with grumblings in my heart, Craig & I headed to the financial aid office. After a rather short conversation with Mr. Roth, who is in charge of military financial aid, Craig & I got our packets (after a rather long wait) & headed to the registration room with our financial aid slips in hand. While we waited our turn in the business office line so they could update our financial aid, I looked at my bill to calculate how much I would have left to pay. That's when it sank in. That's when I realized I had a sudden fondness for this particular registration day. The day I hated so much. That is when I realized how good God had truly been to Craig & I -- & to my family. I'm no good at math, but even I could calculate that my financial aid would exceed what I had left on my bill. And not by just a little. By ALOT. Not just mine either, Craig had a significant surplus too! GOD IS GOOD! As the men in the business office entered the new financial aid, Criag & I could not stop laughing. God had provided for us in a miraculous way! He had truly "filled to the full" all of our needs!
I don't know how the rest of the semester will go or what surprises the next few month holdl, but I know tha tthe Lord will provide. Not just my needs, but my wants too.
Psalm 118:23--This is the Lord's doing; it is MARVELLOUS in our eyes.
"This is from the Lord and is His doing; it is marvelous in our eyes. PS 118:23 AMPlast
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