My time in India has stretched me in ways that I cannot fully comprehend or understand. I have to put my full faith and trust in God knowing that he will provide. For my entire life I have been able to rely on myself for all the answers but now I must rely on God.
For the last 2 weeks I have been fortunate enough to work with an organization called Jireh Children’s Home. Jireh is an organization that provides for the needs of 11 underprivileged kids. Their eminence faith in God as a provider blows me away every single day. The name Jireh comes from Genesis 22:13-14 “Abraham looked up and there in the thicket he saw a ram caught by his horns and sacrificed it as a burnt offering instead of his son. So Abraham called that place Jehovah-Jireh” (the lord will provide). And to this day it is said, “on the mountain of the lord it will be provided.” The lord has provided everything that Jireh Home has needed to stay afloat. Staying true to their name. The Lord has provided in numerous ways when it looked like everything was going to fall apart. Shortly after the main supporter for the children’s home died. Jireh Home was in dire straights completely out of money. It appeared the children would have to go to bed hungry. When all hope seemed lost a man that no one at the house had ever met appeared with a 25-kilo bag of rice. There prayers where answered and God provided.
Now I am at a similar juncture. I have to rely on God to provide funding so I continue bringing his glory to the nations. I have provided all of the funding that I have to reach a financial deadline, but I have fallen short. Now I am putting my full faith and trust in God, the one and only Jehovah-Jireh.
