Sacrificial Giving
The previous week has been a significant test and testimony in my life. I've heard a lot of stories about God providing miraculously to people going on a mission, whether tendays or long term. During the past 3 months of approaching people virtually (thank you God for facebook!), I've experienced a lot of faith-building struggles and opportunities like getting in touch with people I haven't reached out to for a LONG time (yes, this was a struggle considering my not very extrovert personality), hearing NOs from people you expected to understand and have a heart to support my cause, and receiving unexpected YES from people you never even imagined would give generously out of their own storms.
But what I really wanna do in this post is honor God and the person (or family, more appropriately) whom he used to let me experience the last miracle during my MPD season.Well, He used many people for several miracles but this one's simply the best :)
It was already the last day of the deadline and I was still short with 10% of the total funds I needed to have by then. I've been wanting to see God provide miraculously so I didn't wanna ruin the opportunity by trying to figure out a Plan B... something like borrow money. That' so cheap and I feel the Holy Spirit just telling me to WAIT. Even if I try to do something about it, I couldn't as i didn't have the time. It was Monday and my new role at work is very time and attention-consuming. So I was forced to wait and not even think about how to solve it. In short, God wanted me to not worry.
But here's what went through my mind that day: What the? Not worry? I definitely am not pushing through Medan if my funds didn't get completed! It's even a hassle to gather up the funds and return them to my partners and explain, "I'm not going anymore." So, Lord, if you will allow, let me do something about this.
Of course, His answer was still WAIT, DONT WORRY. So I just did.
Then I came home and finally got to check my FB messages. To my surprise, one partner who has already gave me 10% has mentioned she will still give another 10%! All I could do was shout waaaaah, thank you Lord! What's even more a blessing is the way she is giving it. her family is experiencing some difficult storm at that very time, with her husband losing his job and with bills piling up. But instead of allotting money for their food and needs for the coming days, she and her husband decided they would give sacrificially and inconveniently. That's just a realization of how God can work on two parties at the same time! Somehow I wanted to feel guilty because her money could've been used for her family's provision but still, she gave it out. But then I realize, if it was God who told her to do so, who am I to keep her from passing her own test?
I look to God and am faithful to see how He will reward this family for their obedience!
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