I wanted to share a quick story that encouraged and lifted my spirits and hopefully will encourage and lift yours too!
Last week, I was having some insecurities:I had sent some emails but no one had donated (outside of some of my family members), my car had a check engine light on, and I had some technical issues connecting with the rest of the team in our regular calls. After I got home that night, I just journaled, prayed and went to bed, feeling defeated.
God really answers prayers!
1. The next day, some of our vendors we work with announced that sometime next month, we would all go to Patagonia (an outdoor store) and we’d each get a gift card to spend there. Wow! Gear for the world race is expensive: a backpack, tent, sleeping bag/pad…etc. and I felt like this was a sign that God is saying, ‘don’t worry, I will provide’.
2. The day after that, a dear couple friend of mine donated. This was a direct answer to my insecurity that no one outside of family had donated!
3. Then this past weekend at World Mandate West, God confirmed through a word of knowledge! Towards the end of one of the sessions, we went through applications of the prophetic gift and at the end, there was corporate word of knowledge where people would have specific words for specific people. One of them was for me!
The pastor leading the session gave out a word of knowledge, “Who here has a zip code, phone number: 972?” I hesitated a bit, as it was my Google voice number, but not my real cell number, but seeing no one else respond, I raised my hand. He went on to say, “I got this word this morning that there would only be one person. This is a play on words, like this is a ‘calling’ for your calling. This is the weekend of your calling.” Wow! How amazing – in a crowded room of a couple hundred people, there was only one person (me) with that zip code phone number? And that when I was having this insecurity and praying to God for confirmation that this weekend, at a missions conference, I would get this direct supernatural confirmation from God!
Wow, in my insecurity, God specifically answered and responded and so fast! I feel so loved and known by him. And I feel a lot of peace for the next 6 months before I head off 🙂
