“And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.” Philippians 4:19
It has been a busy few weeks: interning, going to school full time, and working. God is faithful to give His kids the grace to carry the responsibilities that are placed upon us. Between being a student and going to work, life still goes on and living space and eating time has to be squeezed in there somehow.
During the first week when the summer semester started I highly doubted whether or not I could handle the schedule I was about to begin. Having been given the opportunity to really dive into the Word of God for 4 semesters of Bible College and being surrounded by solid biblical teaching in high school and just being brought up by parents who encouraged having a tight relationship with God, God brought to remembrance the promises in His Word that His Spirit will need to remind me of the rest of my earthly life like: “Be anxious for nothing but by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.” Philippians 4:6-7
And the awesome thing was that He totally gave me a crazy kind of peace. All throughout this summer semester I didn’t have any anxiety about homework or tests or studying, granted I had to do all those things but it was more of an enjoyable experience. In my own personal opinion, when you realize school is for your learning benefit and take advantage of it rather than try to find all the loopholes and cause yourself last minute stress is a waste.
The verse that I included at the beginning of this entry specifically came alive to me concerning my housing condition. I have been living with two awesome girls who love the Lord, Tara and Kara ( they are in the picture above next to me and yes, their names rhyme and I love it).
Recently I had made a mistake in what I was going to do for next semester that seemed irrevocable based on the circumstances of that time and it was right before young adults group when it was brought to my attention and I was just about to lead worship. I panicked for a minute did all that I was capable of doing at that moment to try to correct my mistake then after doing all that, I did what I should have done in the first place, I turned to the Lord and prayed and surrendered the situation to Him and then lead worship. His presence was my comfort.
About a week after that the Lord answered my prayer like Ephesians 3:20 states
“Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or thing according to the power that works in us.” The Lord blessed us with a re modeled and refurnished 3 bedroom house to rent (opposed to renting out the apartment we have been living in). Despite my faithlessness He is faithful.
I’m enjoying the time off of school now and am thankful for these moments that I get to update and speak of the great things God has done for me.
If you spent the time to read this, I hope you were encouraged to put your trust in and delight in the Lord (Psalms 37:3-4). Because it is so worth it to do so. ^-^