Its all About the Unseen !!!

 

All of us would love to ‘C’ the present and future.  Its strange and also justified that people of this world don’t understand the meaning of ‘living in Faith’

Many people have asked me and also persuaded me to believe that a life of Faith meaning living solely trusting God for all my needs is not only risky and also uncertain.

People !!!! trusting God in all things …for all our needs is the first message given in the Bible by Jesus when He was a teenager …

We find Him speaking to the temple priests about this. Jesus says that the God clothes the lilies of the valley and the takes care of the birds of the air and then how much will He do for us thus we need not worry…..This definitely doesn’t mean that we shouldn’t save …we shouldn’t earn !!! Yet living solely by Faith is an experience only a few get to live…coz many either doubt if God can do it or they haven’t heard this truth yet.

Recently one of my close friend asked me what was I doing for surviving !!! What a question !!:) I told the person…God provides all my needs ….. They asked me again…Jesse ..be serious ..tell me na !!!
That was all I could tell …God provides !!!

So let me share a few more on this…. Hudson Taylor, a figure who can never be wiped out from the Christian history , very early in  His life knew that God had called Him to live a life Tottaly dependent on Him. He thus, disciplined Himself in many ways …He would try to live with a minimum expenditure and God also brought him thourgh many circumstances in his life to help him learn it. For the past few years , God has been teaching me the same… People here You shouldn’t think or misunderstand that God wants us to be shabby, poor, lacking things …no not at all…God would always be very glad to provide much more for His children than for the people of this world. Yet, He wants us to live a simple life , a life not seeking the things of this world… He wants us to focus on the things eternal!,

There is this beautiful verse in Corinthians that says ‘a hope on things that is seen is not a hope at all’ . For some their need would mean a single T shirt and yes God  provides it, and for some it could be a Benz Mercedes  car!! Yes , and even that He provides.  As need of each person is different …..

Mathew 6: 31-33 Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.  But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

Its so clear here…. The same God who said ….sin not !! also says ..be anxious for nothing…let me share a few instances in my life where God provided my need at the RIGHT time!!

There were times when I wanted or desired to send a gift to my parents…I would save some money yet due to even a small extra expenditure the calculation would be gone ……. Then in such times I would be much tempted to become anxious and worried, still I would rebuke my anxiety and choose to trust Him only  .. My Heavenly Father is always true to His word. And just a day before the appointed date or on the same morning I would not only get the money I needed …also at times double the amount. He provides our needs.

We were planning to go to ministry in Andaman Islands and due to late booking our flight charges went above our expectation - almost double the amount …and at the same time we were supposed to buy certain equipment for the ministry coz there in Andaman Islands, one couldn’t find all electronic gadgets as everything is shipped from Chennai…..so we had a huge expense ..moreover it was during Christmas time and we had other household expenses …. In this time ..i wished  to give an offering to a Sister who  frequently prayed for me … I couldn’t go to a servant of God with an empty hand. So, I was thinking what to do? I prayed and left the matter. Just a day before the day of our flight God miraculously gave me Rs 8000 just for my personal expenses in Andaman Island through someone and I could so easily take an amount from this for the offering.. God is great !!there are also other instances when I needed to pay my mobile bill that God would provide exactly how much I needed!! He is a caring Father.

No matter what happens , Lord help me not to quit. Let it never depart from my heart ..i will believe the UNSEEN !!
Yes, the living in Faith is not understood by many, yet it’s a life worth!!!!