Confession time: I have started to get selfish with the money that I have saved over the past year. I was starting to get so prideful about how hard I can work, and how much money I have in my savings account. As much as I was telling myself that it was only because I was excited about the World Race, it was so much more than that. I had convinced myself that I can raise this money all by myself, that as long as I worked as many hours as I could I would be okay. So God was going to prove me wrong.
I was driving home from work one late Thursday night when I saw the red and blue lights in my rearview mirror. I instantly started to freak out. I thought I cannot get a ticket right now! I need this money!But the police officer didn’t care. My insurance had run out 2 days prior, but I didn’t know that. When he gave me the ticket, my heart felt like it was beating out of my chest. If I have to pay this ticket there was no way that I am going on the world race. I cannot afford an $800 ticket right now.
As I was waiting for my friend to come pick me up, God was talking to me.
“I will make this money come back.”
I know that eventually this money will come back, I trust you.
“This money that you have saved up, it does not belong to you. Stop being selfish and truly trust me. I am going to replace this money for My glory.”
3 days later I announced in the church about this trip, and I received a donation right away. When I got home and looked at the cheque it was for $800. I was amazed! I was not expecting the Lord to return this money so quickly and so accurately.
But before I knew it I unconsciously went back to my selfish thoughts. My savings were back up and I was proud of that. Little did I know that God had more in store for me.
Just a week later I went to do my taxes, turns out I owe the government nearly $3,000, because of a mix-up on my tax forms. When I found this out I knew instantly that this was God’s way of letting me know that it is imperative that I do not go back to those thoughts.
God knows that the world thinks raising $22,118.84 is impossible. That is the point! He wants me to be his witness through this, to show the world that He deserves all the glory. Not only CAN He do the impossible, He DOES the impossible!!
“Now all glory to God, who is able, through his mighty power within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think.” Ephesians 3:20
