We get so excited when God makes us a promise, because usually, it comes right on time, like when we are in the thick of something. It encourages us to keep going, but the problem is, we expect it to come tomorrow because we feel like tomorrow is already far enough away. Maybe we felt like if His promise doesn’t come to pass now, we won’t make it through the day.
So, when we don’t hear Abra-ka-dabra, we tend to think that maybe we miss heard God. We feel like He won’t come through and that maybe we should just handle it ourselves; WRONG!
God’s promises are not bound by time. The disappointment comes from a time limit you put on God’s promise. So, you treat Him like someone that brokes promises to you when you were a kid. God is not a man that He should lie. If He made you a promise, He will come through and it’s not going to be when you want Him to, it will be right on time when He knows you need Him to. I know you may feel that need before it actually comes, but there is a reason God is all knowing, and we aren’t.
All we need to do is operate in FAITH.
You may say, oh well that is easier said than done, but trust me, I am aware. This is something that I have walked through multiple times and that I continue to walk through.
Let me testify: (Short version(S))
In October 2017, God told me to quit my job and double my tithe. (Yeah, I was thinking He was crazy.) BUT GOD made a way. I didn’t have to tell anyone or ask anyone for anything. All my bills were paid, but I did accrue some credit card debt. (Don’t worry)
New Year’s Eve 2017, God gives me a word saying you will mentor teenage girls by the beginning of the summer. I couldn’t wait, I didn’t know how it was going to happen, but He told me not to apply to any jobs. (Super Hard)
I didn’t have a job for 7 months. I worked two jobs that I didn’t apply to, one was just good enough to put gas in my car and the other was pretty much me volunteering. However, it was those two jobs that qualified me for the position that came AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SUMMER!
At the end of May 2018, two things happened. I was first at a conference, where God confirmed that He wanted to come to California and He told me not to get comfortable here because He was sending me to the nations. The funny thing about that is, I had been wanting to live in California since I was a kid, it was always something in my spirit that drew me and never changed. The other thing that is funny about it is that the night before I whispered to God and said “God, I want to change the world”. Also, on the last day of May, I had an interview with the YMCA. I didn’t apply for this job, a friend that I was tutoring reached out to her director and told him about me.
In June 2018, I was offered a position at the YMCA in Saint Louis, MO as a youth fitness instructor, based off of the two jobs I worked prior (personal trainer and youth basketball coach). The next month, I was promoted to a program supervisor of the G.I.R.L.S (Girls in real life situations) program, which I was able to shape into my own and complete as it was in pieces when given to me. It is now called Sisterhood, I was able to get it planted in five different schools and I am able to take it with me and implement it elsewhere.
That June, God continued to give me revelation about the word He spoke in May. He used the first one to show me He is faithful to His promises, I just needed to have faith in Him. This time, it was far bigger though. I went to a conference and I was $100 short on my bills, this was my first time since the previous October that I was paying bills from a paycheck and not God’s supernatural blessings. (I would tell you about all of them, but 7 months is a long time, so you can only imagine how much God did to get me through.)
Anyhow, I almost didn’t go to this conference, because I didn’t want to spend any bill money. Well, I didn’t, God worked that out. On the second day of the conference, this man began to do the message for the offering. He spoke what God gave Him to say which paraphrased went like this, “I will take care of that thing you need me to in six months, I will wipe away your debt, and your health will improve.”
God was speaking directly to me because those were the three things I was worried about. I was worried about how I was going to move to California in six months when He told me to, especially with all the debt I had from not having a job, and I hadn’t had any insurance in years, so I was worried about my health. OMG!!!!! I need a praise break, HALLELUAH, let me tell you about my God!
Wooo, back to the story. The man said, sow $1,000 and instantly I said to God (in my head) “God, I only have $900, but if I had $1,000 I would give it to you”. Right then… YALL JUST DON’T KNOW… the man said, if you just said, “If I had $1,000 God I would give it to you, then I want you to sow $300 right now.” JESUS! I said oh Lord, I am $100 short to pay all the bills on the first, BUT God, I trust you.
Everything worked out in my favor… none of it was easy though, I don’t want you to be fooled. It took FAITH! I still didn’t have any money in six months, haha, BUT GOD got me here. I got a promotion when I got here and I just got another one, I have health insurance now and I have been getting my health checked out and aligned since I got here. I am also almost debt free … COME ON SOMEBODY, can I get an AMEN?!
God doesn’t need your money, your job, or anyone else to do what He promised He would do. God’s word never returns void and if you feel like it has then you most likely attached your own expectations and timeline to His plan. I did that too at times and it left me frustrated and disappointed, it also taught me a lesson when God actually came through.
Don’t worry about what you see. Don’t worry about what you don’t see. Don’t worry about other people’s blessings. Don’t worry about your bank account. Don’t worry if you just lost your job. Don’t worry if you feel like everything is falling apart. Don’t focus on all the wrong things, just focus on what God said. If you haven’t figured it out yet, the message is, don’t worry have faith.
What I shared here today is only the tip of the iceberg. I could go on and on about the things that took place on the way here and what He has done since I have been here, but just like me, God showed me enough through what I gave you today, to believe Him for a lifetime.
God is not just for me … He is for you too and He is not just for you, He is for this world. I want the world to know that, so I am having faith that God will continue to keep His promises. I am having faith that where God guides, He provides because I know that what God calls you to won’t match your budget, so you have to have to match your faith to it.
Would you be willing to help me get the good news out to the world by contributing to this work of God? A donation of any amount whether it be $1 or $1,000 makes all the difference. I thank everyone that has been sowing into this, I thank everyone that will, and I thank everyone that has been praying for the Lord’s provision on my behalf. I pray God multiplies your blessings for your faith, obedience, and generosity.
Let God do the work for His promises, you just work your faith!
Hebrews 11:1 “Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.” #FaithInAction
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