So there was one blog that I was going to post. Had it written and ready to publish, but God held me back and told me to share how He’s working in my life. Here’s a new one.
Just the other month I was excited to see the movie Faith Like Potatoes be released in the States. The movie shows the life of Angus Buchan and how God got a hold of his life. Now Angus leads huge conferences similar to Promise Keepers across South Africa, impacting hundreds of thousand men’s lives a year.
As a farmer, Angus dealt with the ups and downs of the weather. God instructed him to plant potatoes one year during the worst drought South Africa had seen in decades. People thought he was crazy, yet he continued to plant potatoes in faith. God provided Angus with a huge crop of potatoes that year and since no one else planted potatoes, Angus received top dollar for his crop allowing him to do even more for God. It was a great testimony to friends, family, and strangers of how God provides for us when we act in faith to what He calls us to do.
Well last week God gave me a moment to test my faith and allow Him to be seen in my actions. We had originally been quoted one price for our tickets to England this summer on our mission trip. It was a decent fair. Nothing to jump up and down about. But when I went to actually book the tickets the next week, the fair jumped $250 a ticket! That’s half of the spending money we needed while in England that now has to go toward a ticket. Looking at the confirmation email, I second guessed if we should do the mission trip. But then it was as if God said, “are you going to plant that potatoe?” I did. And I’m looking forward to seeing how God will show up and meet our needs. How God will get the credit for what we are doing and not us.
Walking in faith is difficult. It requires being content with what God has given you. It requires being willing to look crazy sometimes. It requires being sold completely on what God has asked you to do. Living by faith is a great rush!
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