"Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding." P3:5
Just last week I shared a comment that our precious Beloved Lord was trust training me and after reading the beautiful post of Anastasia: "Hesitating...Is it you or me?" I had to come and confess my mistake "...I will most gladly boast all the more about my weaknesses..." 2C12:9
My special son was chosen for the South African Physical Disabled Athletics Team to go and compete against the whole country. Every year we can get sponsors but this year nobody responded when we asked for sponsors and I heard my precious Beloved say that there is no need for sponsors.
I want to be the bride that only does something when He says I must do it, but I have to confess I made the mistake of not listening to hear if it was Him telling me to pay it, because Friday I went ahead of Him and paid the money (out of money that had to go for something else). Then Saturday morning my sister in-law phoned and said her friend had payed the whole amount for my son, which I know is of course from our Beloved. Still I want to focus on the huge testimony of His provision, isn't it wonderful how our precious Beloved Lord provides, there was really no need to ask for sponsors. He was busy with my testimony because He says: "put Me to the test, if I will not open the windows of heaven for you" (because I faithfully tithe to my storehouse). But I have to confess that I listened to my own voice, saying to pay it and now the money is payed double into the school account and I am not sure if they will pay it back to me, and if I had waited on my precious Beloved Lord and really made sure that it was Him telling me to do it or not do it, this wouldn't have happened.
I know the trust training doesn't stop here because only He can sort it out, although it was my mistake. I am so grateful that I can even go to Him with my mistakes and ask Him to use it for the good.
"And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them." R8:28
**UPDATE: I just had to come and give a update about our precious Beloved Lord's goodness. Today I received an email from my son's school asking me to send my banking details. Our precious Beloved Lord really causes everything to work together and I am so grateful and want to give Him all the glory!!!
Wow, Jannine, what a beautiful testimony! It encourages me so much in this new stage of my journey! Thanks for sharing! Sometimes I tend to doubt that He wants to help me again when I’ve failed. It’s something I think I’m still learning or getting to know about Him. I trust that He will lead me to a situation where I can experience that side of Him.
Precious Anastasia thank you for sharing, I know we still have so much to learn about our Beloved Lord. He will lead you precious Anastasia, because it is just wow how He uses all the circumstances around us to teach us something but also to show how He really truly loves us. I always compared our Precious Beloved Lord’s love to a man’s love, but it is so very very different, His love is so unconditional everlasting!
It’s beautiful how you recognize His hand in all things. Your honesty to acknowledge your shortcomings are a great way to grow in an even stronger relationship with Him.
“I acknowledged my sin to You, and my iniquity I have not hidden. I said, ‘I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,’ and You forgave the guilt of my sin.” – Ps32:5
I’m so happy He blessed your son with a person to donate and that He is giving you the money back! 💕
Thank you for sharing the beautiful promise precious Hope, I am so grateful for His forgiveness. I see now so much how I had year after year trusted in my own understanding and He is so patiently teaching me.
Thanks for sharing Janine, l see myself in your testimony going ahead of him out of fear and that why its so important for us to not only boast about our weaknesses but to also share it as a testimony so that we can overcome together and share the praise🙌🏼
Its not easy to wait on Him but l do believe He is using what happened to increase your faith 😁🙌🏼🤗💝💗♥️
You encouraged me a lot with your testimony because there’s things l have been trusting and praying for and now I realize He does not answer in the way l expect Him to but has a better plan 😄😍
He for sure does have a better plan precious Atarah.
And the wait if so worth it precious Atarah. I hadn’t received the money from the school back and my parents tells me to phone the school and just today I said no I have to wait on the Lord and while replying on your comment I get a text that says the money has been payed in, He just knows what He is doing.
And yes He is for sure increasing my faith. I have to go for spectacles and they quoted me a really crazy amount (can I just add not that my Husband can’t pay it, because everything anyway belongs to Him) but He said I must wait and can I just say this waiting isn’t easy because I really need new spectacles because the one’s I am wearing are not multivocal lenses. But this time I know I have to wait and trust Him, because this waiting is going to be part of my testimony. Isn’t He just Awesome, He even gives us this exciting feeling that He is busy with something.