Sunday, March 9, 2008

Power of Prayer

For the last few months our finances was really in RED. A lot of things came up in our family business, vhire jeepney that needs to be over hauled, medicines that needs to be purchased right away for my grandparents illness, monthly bills that needed to be paid etc. We really run out of money and resources to pay all those things. At first, I was very worried and can't sleep, trying to think of some ways and means to be able to survive. My salary is not enough. I felt so tired, thinking some solutions, but I could not find any. I felt useless too. But God showed me that I was wrong. I am not useless and hope is not yet fading. He place an intense longing in my heart to seek out more of HIM. To prays and goes down on my knees before HIM to get the strength, wisdom and solutions I needed. The Lord reminded me, that He is the source of everything that my family and I needs. He is the ultimate solutions to what we were going through. While I was still on that situation, it was kinda hard for me to truly believe in His promises. But still I press in and choose to believe it. Monday last week, the techinician who did the over haul of our jeepney told my mom that they can't finish the over haul of our jeepney because they can't still figure out why the clutch of the jeepney still didn't work. They've already looked at all possible reasons and problems but they could not find anything wrong on it anymore. According to the technician for his 15 years in that job, that was the first time he encounters that kind of problem. After hearing that news from my mom, I felt the Lord was telling me to cast out spirits trying to oppress us. I had a strong feeling that some spiritual forces was trying to block the blessings from the Lord, that supposedly we are already enjoying. I felt that he wanted us to get angry to the Lord and backslide from our commitments. I ask the rest of my family to join me in praying for our situations. Right after we've prayed I felt the peace from the Lord that everything's gonna be okay. Three days after, the technician trys to check again the problem and to his surprise he easily found the problem. He told my mom that he could not believe what he've found out. The problem was just under his nose. Meaning, the crack from the clutch connection was very visible that even a non experience technician can identify it right away. We told him that God created a miracle ;-) For me, it was a one of kind proof of God's love for me and to my family. He never forsake His faithful servants and he will never will. I had a week of just thanking the Lord for what he had done. Now, He slowly restores our finances, the health of my grandparents and paid some of our bills. In my heart, I continue to trust in His provisions and believe that He is the Solution of all solutions.