For years, I’ve run a weblog instructing others to economize and learn how to earn cash on-line.
It was extremely profitable, to say the least.
As a single mother, I used to be in a position to save $400,000 money to place as a down fee on a ravishing million-dollar house in Idaho, the place I lived on the time. Issues had been going improbable and I used to be serving lots of people.
After which it occurred…
God is At all times There For You
Whereas my weblog at all times had Christian influences on it from the beginning, God then began asking me to create a solely Christian weblog and to cease instructing the factor that had made me so profitable previously: saving and creating wealth on-line (I nonetheless have posted a pair saving cash articles right here or there to assist individuals as a result of the knowledge will not be on-line already, however the principle focus now’s faith-based articles).
Humbly, I accepted His will. I believed it was a pure match to show about God however individuals didn’t like that and most all my site visitors and followers left. My e mail checklist of over 100,000 individuals went down the drain!
They didn’t need Jesus, they simply wished me to interpret His time and true teachings/the Phrase of God and rules on cash so they may get what they wished: cash. They didn’t need God or a relationship with Him, simply all of the blessings and “goodies” He offers. 😔
My house began going into foreclosures as I had no technique to abruptly pay the $6,000/month mortgage fee after issues began going downhill.
But nonetheless I blogged.
I held on tight to Jesus and continued down this path nobody appears to wish to hearken to: God.
I’m positive that you would be able to perceive that. In our tradition, it looks as if nobody cares about God and even needs to listen to about Him, but we’re referred to as to be lights and obey Him regardless.
I used to be working with a realtor to promote my house as a result of I couldn’t afford the funds and abruptly received a 3-day discover on my entrance door from the lender to evacuate the house. They mentioned if I didn’t comply inside 3 days, they might take me to court docket to have me bodily eliminated. Clearly, we wish to dwell in peace with all individuals as a lot as is determined by us (Romans 12:18), so I left. What else may I do, you recognize?
As a single lady with no husband or household, I packed the automobile rapidly with solely what would match and left and got here to a different state the place issues are cheaper.
A sort homeless shelter took me in a couple of week in the past and that’s the place I’m staying at the moment. They let me convey my pc to my room and that’s the place I weblog and do my work from.
I’m on the ready checklist for an condo right here however I don’t understand how lengthy it should take and I’m undecided this metropolis is the place God finally needs me. I don’t have all of the solutions…actually, I’ve only a few.
I’ve, after all, sought the Lord, as I do every day since giving my life to Him 18 years in the past and requested Him why He’s permitting all this to occur. 🤔
He’s convicting me that He needs to shine a lightweight on Him inside me, to indicate the world that I’m going to obey him regardless of the price, even when the loss could be very nice.
Me dropping my mansion there in Idaho, my life, my mates, and now being homeless, I’m STILL persevering with to do the work He has set out for me to do (Philippians 1:6) and running a blog about Him even from the homeless shelter, persistently daily.
If that is what God needs for me, I’ll fortunately stroll by this attempting time for His functions! I really like Him with all my coronary heart and can do something, in need of sin, for Him. Giving up all the pieces is a pleasure if that’s what He needs me to do for Him.
Right here’s what I’ve discovered since being homeless…once more…(learn in regards to the first time I used to be homeless right here).
1- God doesn’t change
Irrespective of how a lot you beg God to keep away from conditions, generally, you simply must stroll by them and also you’re not likely positive why.
You don’t actually know the purpose and it seems like God can simply get glory for Himself in one other approach, with out you having to undergo one thing horrific, however you study that you would be able to’t change issues.
For no matter cause, He has His thoughts made up and it’s for our greatest curiosity and His glory and we ought to be keen to stroll by fireplace for Him. Anybody who’s a real believer WILL!
2- God loves you
Within the good AND the dangerous, when issues are hovering and when the chips are down, in each circumstances, in each extremes, the Lord God Almighty is GOOD.
He’s good in the present day, He’s good tomorrow, He’s at all times good.
He won’t ever stop from being good.
Dangerous issues occur to everybody and after we undergo robust occasions like this, it’s THESE occasions when our religion actually MATTERS.
What does it matter if we think about God when all the pieces is fantastic? What does that accomplish?
However sitting in a spot of utter distress, feeling such as you’re dying and simply wanting to flee from all the pieces, God is there in your distress. He’s there whenever you want consolation, and whereas perhaps you may not really feel His presence, give it a few days and also you’ll SEE Him work.
Our religion is displayed, examined, and PROVED not within the good occasions, however within the dangerous!
No matter it’s that you just’re battling in the present day, maintain onto that jewel. Your religion is being examined. You’re being refined like the attractive jewel you’re!❤️
3- God is at all times there with you
I really like what Paul writes (from jail) in 2 Timothy 4:16-18. All people had abandoned him. I do know what that’s like. All people have abandoned me too! But, he says, God didn’t. God was there and he’s assured that God will rescue him.
In the identical approach as Paul, I’m 100% assured the Lord my God WILL rescue me. It will not be in the present day. It will not be tomorrow. The truth is, it may not even be this 12 months!
However I KNOW, that the Lord will rescue me.
Why?
As a result of I’m harmless and since He’s good. I haven’t performed ANYTHING to deserve this. I’ve not sinned or failed or tousled in any approach, form, or kind. There’s nothing I’ve performed secretly or publicly to warrant this taking place, solely that I’ve been unapologetically following each step the Lord instructions of me.
Subsequently, I do know He’ll save me. This isn’t punishment or chastisement for one thing I’ve performed. Quite the opposite, I’m right here BECAUSE I’ve obeyed Him. And He is not going to let me endure endlessly. He’ll save me, put my ft on regular floor, and provides me no matter it’s He needs to present to me. I await that treasured promise of His.
Day and evening I pray for Him to do it. For Him to avoid wasting me. To hurry alongside His guarantees. However for so long as He leaves me on this scenario, I’ll proceed to reward His title and proclaim His title for the world to see, that amidst even probably the most horrible sort of struggling, we are able to STILL have pleasure, peace, love, and most significantly…hope (Romans 5:5).
God doesn’t simply take off when the dangerous stuff occurs. He’s at all times there with us, strolling us by all the pieces.
4- Your reward is nice
Anytime we endure for the sake of God, not by chastisement or punishment, however due to one thing God has referred to as us to do, we’re rewarded and the reward is GREAT!
Possibly you’ll see that reward right here on earth, or perhaps you’ll see it in heaven, however both approach, the Bible is obvious, you WILL BE rewarded (1 Peter 3:14).
5- God will punish your enemies
If there are enemies concerned in your struggling, God will punish them and make all the pieces truthful.
The Bible says in Romans 8:31, “If God is for us, who could be towards us?”
Whoever is inflicting you ache ought to beware as a result of God WILL avenge you (if you’re harmless) and make issues proper. They are going to endure His wrath, both right here on earth or within the life to return, or each.
Both approach, God has your again!
Take into consideration Saul and David. David was on the run for his life from a really jealous Saul. God ended up permitting Saul to die and David was then freed from his enemy, however Saul wouldn’t cease pursuing and chasing (to kill David) and so God HAD TO permit Saul to die to get him to cease, to guard David.
Typically, in dire conditions reminiscent of these, the place your enemies will NOT cease pursuing you, they have to die a bodily demise to get them to cease. It’s the one technique to cease them and God does permit it in these conditions.
Both approach, YOU can know that God is on YOUR aspect and that your enemies can be punished. You’ll not endure it endlessly! Justice WILL BE SERVED!!
6- God can use your sufferings to assist others
Once we are going by such horrible occasions, individuals are watching in your life and by your perspective of religion, God can use that as a witness, a beacon to assist others.
To encourage them to persevere by their very own trials, to assist them know they aren’t alone of their sufferings, and to encourage a believer who might face robust occasions sooner or later by remembering what you’ve been by and the way your religion shined all through all of it.
God can use you as a witness to assist others!
Whether or not God is utilizing your scenario to assist others, utilizing your scenario to sentence your enemies, utilizing it to reward you, or exhibiting you that He’s there for you in an actual and LIVE approach, you could be positive of 1 factor…The Lord God is at all times there for you. Whether or not it’s in a homeless shelter, on the streets, in a wealthy house, or a median house. Irrespective of the place you’re, the place you’re positioned, in no matter metropolis you’re in, no matter nation you’re in, no matter state you’re in, He’s there.
He’s performing.
He’s working.
He’s doing stuff that will help you, develop you, form you, mould you, and use you as a witness to others.
Certainly, God IS there with you, even in case you don’t really feel His presence…He’s there.
Proceed to cry out to Him, proceed to hunt His will, proceed to wish, proceed to hearken to sermons, learn your Bible, and proceed with all of your coronary heart and soul to speculate deeper in your relationship with Him.
He cares about you. He loves you. He’s there. He is aware of what’s happening and what you’re coping with will not be too arduous for Him to care for! It simply could also be about going by it for a cause.
Bear in mind, nothing can cease you…not with God in your aspect!!! ❤️