A little background
You'll need a little background to understand everything. Since my last post, I've become engaged to a wonderful, Lord serving woman, Holly. I'm so blessed for God to bring us together. With the engagement, comes wedding planning and a lot of spending. It's been hard for me to save with a lot of immediate expenses and I'm trying to stay true to tithing to the Lord because I know ultimately it's his money. The nerd in me says if I just stop tithing for a few weeks or months I could really save more for the wedding, how selfish, but these are recent thoughts.
God Intervening
I just left for a business trip for three days and when I left and I looked at my finances and I noticed I forgot to tithe on Sunday. I simply forgot to write the check and bring it to church. Should I make it up next week or skip a week and pocket the money? It was an honest mistake that I forgot, but I knew the Holy Spirit was trying to show me what I needed to do. It doesn't prevent me from thinking about what I could do with that extra money. I could buy plane tickets to an upcoming trip to Denver, spend it on the honeymoon, or anything for the wedding!
God intervened to show me the correct path I need to take. He reminded me the money is his and I need to trust him after every paycheck.
On my trip back to Indy, my flight was over-booked and they needed a volunteer to catch a later flight. I ended up volunteering, even though the flight would be getting in Indy at 12:30 am instead of 4:30 pm, but the airline did give me a $300 voucher for a future flight! I was immediately excited, but also bummed that I would get in so late....a flight opened up to leave in an hour to Indy. God is speaking to me again, this is when my eyes became open to his blessing. He provided a free trip to my Denver trip and is getting me home in time for small group. What a blessing?!
"Who provides food for the ravens when their young cry out to God and wander about in hunger?"
Job 38:41 NLT
Father,
Thank you so much for the continued pursuit of my whole heart. I know I should be living for you in every area of my life, and giving you every area. Help me give you my finances Lord. I need you to help me always give you, your portion and more if I feel you wanting it. I don't need money, all I need is you. I need to live more like this and need to fully trust you more. Thank you for speaking to me today and like the ravens you provide for us, when we're wandering around hungry. Jesus, thank you for paying it all for me. I can only have a relationship with the Father because of you.
It's in your name,
Amen
