JUST KNOCK
“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.” -Matthew 7:7-8
Exactly six months ago I was in a major car accident. this accident could have resulted in multiple fatalities,including mine. After ten days of being bed ridden in a Romanian hospital. I was med evacuated back to the U.S. with a fractured pelvis. Through a series of miracles I only missed a month of The Race. I have been back on the mission field for the past five months. This morning I received a phone call with some terrifying news. IF I DO NOT HAVE $13,500 IN MY ACOUNT BY THIS FRIDAY THEY WILL BE BUYING MY PLANE TICKET HOME. I will miss Africa. I will not get to finish The Race. In order to have that much I need about $2,000 in the next 6 days.
After hearing that news my initial reaction was fear. I think back to six months ago and get flashbacks of having to go home(one of the hardest things I have ever done). I remember my fear and confusion about the road ahead of me. I remember my absolute knowledge that God was not done with me on The Race. Being back these past five months has proved that.There were so many lessons and experiences he still needed me to encounter.Things He needed me here for. I’d like to think that the same is true now.That He is not done with me here yet and that He has some important things left for me to learn in Africa.That He didn’t bring me back to have me go home again. That maybe, just maybe, He has one more miracle up His sleeve.
So here I am Lord. I am on my knees and I am knocking. I do not doubt your provision. You penetrate my fear and anxiety as you have so many times before. You continue to test my faith and make it greater each day.Once again you will wipe these tears from my face. You will left me up to my feet. You will provide a bridge to cross this valley in front of me. Then… you will tell me to walk right through that open door.
