God's Provision in a Life-Shaking Season - from Joseph

April 24, 2017

As we approach our departure date for Guatemala, we are hit with the reality that time is moving fast and it seems that the things to do are more than time will allow. This Monday, May 1^st, we are putting our home on the market. We have let go of so many things that at one time had some value to us. However, now they just don’t seem important. Letting things go for the call to follow Jesus is getting easier and easier each step of the way. It is freeing.  We can’t believe how much stuff we have stored up over the years!  But now, we are no longer storing up things for this world and it actually feels like a relief to let it go!

We are overwhelmed at the way the Lord has continued to pour out His blessings in so many ways.  I don’t just mean the way He is providing for us financially.  We are also seeing Him work in the hearts of people around us and in our own hearts. For example, this past Monday, in one day the Lord provided three things we needed. Number one: I’ve been praying for months that the Lord would give us someone as a person of peace that would have a heart for the gospel in our neighborhood. I now have a man who is interested in learning more about the NoPlaceLeft vision and being a part of seeing the gospel spread in our neighborhood. Number 2: Through a friend in our Faith group, God gave us a lot of packing paper. When we recently met with the moving companies, they told us that we could save significant money by packing our own stuff for shipping. Number 3: I really wanted to get more NoPlaceLeft training before leaving, but all the level 3 opportunities are so far away. Well, The Lord provided plane tickets to a training in New Mexico through another Faith family. So, Jehova Jireh provides yet again.

People, paper and plane tickets. Our God has got this!  Down to the smallest detail!  And that is the secret to our rest during this incredibly busy, life-shaking season.  We have to keep working diligently to do all the things that need to be done, but we can rest knowing that it is God that will accomplish whatever He wants to accomplish with us.  He’s the One who will do it!    1 Thess. 5:24 “He who calls you is faithful; He will surely do it.”  And just like David said to Solomon when he was talking about the way God had called Solomon to the specific work of building the temple, “Be strong and courageous, and do the work.  Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the Lord God, my God, is with you.  He will not fail you or forsake you.” (1 Chron. 28:20) Our God is faithful!! 

May 1, 2017 Update: So this happened today!