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As to my life as a spiritually born again Christian, I have given up all to follow Him. I have never owned a home, although I have been given them & found it to be true that we receive God's wonderful blessings in this life when we simply leave whatever hinders us from following Christ in order to actually follow Him when called to serve where He leads us.
I have discovered that wherever I go, I am now a STEWARD of all that He gives me & it is used for daily provisions & meeting the needs of others & furthering the gospel.
I was truly humbled to leave college without any debt, the last of what I owed was anonymously paid off by others unknown.
He has called me to various states to be involved in ministries, seeing people come to Christ & Christians going on to serve the Lord on the mission field, in the pastorate & other fruitful ministries.
I have had a business that the Lord wanted me to start. I was a steward of it. I had many opportunities to share the gospel & relate to others of the goodness of God. God has always brought people to me who had needs & His provision was more than enough to meet those needs. His promise to me was:
Psalm 37:3 Trust in the LORD & do good; dwell in the land & enjoy safe pasture--cultivating faithfulness.
I have prayed about & sought to go overseas in missionary endeavors but the Lord has never led me YET to do so. So I continue to be faithful to what He has me do.
The Lord may have you to be a witness on a job or raise a family but when He calls, will we answer, to follow Him elsewhere?
I am presently a caregiver for my dad (almost 90), who had a stroke and several TIA's since then, as the Lord has led me in this endeavor now. Since I presently don't go around like I did before, I have prayed that God would bring people here & to help my neighbors. He has abundantly done so. The reputation around the neighborhood is that we are Christians & help others. Neighbors send their friends in need to us & we are able to share the goodness of the Lord.
Last month we were able to help a couple whose car had broken down & had no money to fix it. We helped provide the means to get parts & another neighbor helped get it running & they were off again.
Several years ago (dad still drives short distances!) dad was driving from the local town a few miles away & felt moved by the Spirit to help a lady stuck on the side of the road. He couldn't communicate with her so he came & got me.
She was deaf & couldn't speak so would write things down. She lived near Seattle, almost 80 miles away. She was stuck on the freeway at a spot no one stops.
She had a card for an expired road service she gave me. I was able to use that & get her re-instated. They came & towed her & took back up north where the car was able to be fixed.
As we were waiting, I wrote down that the Lord is our Provider, Jehovah Jireh & that He would provide for her. She wrote she was a Christian & had prayed for the Lord to help her. She hugged both dad & I before she left.
God takes care of us! Be stewards of what He has given us, ready at a moment's notice, if the Lord would have us to sell something He has given us or give it away, to meet the needs of those to which He has directed us.
Let go & leave the things of this world, in order to follow Him, wherever He leads you. Seek first His kingdom & His righteousness & He will provide for our needs. We are stewards.
That is such a wonderful witness. Thank you so much for sharing it.
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