The other day in staff meeting Pastor Jason was talking about God as our provider. We’re taking a huge step of faith as a church and believing that God is going to provide and continue to build His church.
When I was a freshman in college I was trying to get enough money to fly to Colorado and attend a songwriting workshop. I had a free plane ticket, a friend I could stay with, and plenty of money to buy food. The only problem was that I didn’t have enough money to cover the registration for the workshop. It wasn’t much. But I didn’t have it. The deadline for registration was getting close and I wasn’t sure if I was going to be able to make it happen. One day I opened my school mailbox and had a letter from someone back home. There was a short note that said, “Not sure why but I know God told me to send this to you.” It was a check for the exact amount of the workshop registration. To the dollar. The memo line of the check just said “seeds”.
A few months went by and I found myself low on cash again. I had gotten sick and made a couple unexpected purchase. A few visits to the walk-in clinic and some antibiotics purchases add up fast. In the midst of all this, another check. This time for a very large amount. Enough for me to live off of for months in college. Again the memo line just said “seeds”. This happened time and time again throughout college and early in our marriage. The timing was always unbelievable. This person had no way of knowing when I had a need. It was God. It had to be.
Fast forward a couple of years. Kristin and I had been married for a while. I was working a full time job and doing pretty well. Then we had a huge problem with our only vehicle. We could have paid for it but man were we going to feel it. I went to the mailbox of the apartment complex we were living in. I had already dropped the car off for repair. I’m sure you know where this is going. There was a check from the same person for more than enough to cover the car issue.
Each time this happened it strengthened my faith in so many ways. It reminded me that God is in control. He’s the Provider. It’s what He does. He provides. It reminded me that there’s absolutely nothing that we need that he doesn’t see and care about. But the memo line also always stood out to me. It always simply said, “seeds”. The one word meant so much to me. It made me realize that these checks were more than just a nice person “helping out a poor college student”. This person was communicating that they were investing in me because they believed in me. If you believe in someone…Let them know. It doesn’t have to be money. Just let them know.
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