Isn’t
it amazing that the same God who created the heavens and the earth, the same
God that organized the universe, the same God that allows nothing to happen
without his permission hears our
hearts and knows the most intimate of details about our lives! Yesterday I was
humbly reminded of this….
I
was sitting in the cry room during church with Todd and Harper and the prayer
before for the tithe came. Todd and I agreed on a number trusting and knowing
that it is all Gods money anyways…. I wrote the check and slipped it in the
velvet purse passing by. We got home after lunch and Todd brought the mail pile
in. (Sometimes we leave it for a few days before we grab it!) I saw a simple
envelope addressed to me, opened it and immediately had a tear run down my face.
It was a check, only a check addressed to us for DOUBLE what we had just
tithed. A school I have had the JOY of working with decided to send me a bit of
a “bonus”. Little did they know they were used to again BUILD MY FAITH even
stronger. So yes, my first thought was “I knew we should of tithed more!” but
then my second took me to Malachi in the Old Testament where God DARES us to
test Him with regards to our money. It is the ONLY place in all of scripture
and the ONLY “dare” from the Lord…
“Bring all the tithes
into the storehouse, that there may be food in My house, AND TRY ME NOW IN THIS”
says the Lord of hosts “If I will not open for you the windows of heaven and
pour out for you such blessing that there will not be room enough for you to
receive it!” Malachi 3:10
As
I sit here writing, I ponder how the Lord runs the Universe and yet has time
from the heavens to speak softly to my soul, I am in AWE of my God and the way
in which He communicates to us assuring us that He is there, He loves us and He
hears our hearts.
