The Long Haul
Posted by Sarah , Wednesday, May 13, 2009 6:29 PM
We are currently praying about this whole big process of support raising and trying to trust that Lord will guide the hearts of His people to participate in ministry to our First Neighbors by financially supporting us. We have put together a letter and are sending it out so that others become more aware of our new venture.
I have ready many books in the past year that have challenged and encouraged me to trust the sovereignty of the Lord in all of our financial needs. One includes the book L'Abri by Edith Schaeffer. Edith was the wife of Francis Schaeffer, the well known Christian philosopher and writer. What I didn't know until I read more about them in her book was that they left his senior pastor position when their children were small and moved their family to Switzerland based on what they felt strongly was a call from the Lord to work for His Kingdom in Europe. The ways that the Lord used them and provided for them are described in L'Abri. There were times that they literally were waiting hour-by-hour for the money to come in for bills or for the next step in their ministry. By living there and being available, the Lord used them as a center for a community where young people could come learn about Jesus and learn that educated and "modern" people are included in the body of Christ, combating the post-war ideas of a world without God and religion as a drug for the masses.
I am anxious to see how God works to provide for us to participate in the ministry we believe He is calling us to. I am overwhelmed at the word inherent in this move and all of the other things going on in our lives but I am excited to see what He does. Please be praying for us to trust Him!
another great read on how the Lord provides for His people- God's Smuggler by Brother Andrew and the Sherills.
Support raising is humbling, and challenges me to look to Him in a manner that I never have before. But the promise is that He is faithful to provide for those that are trusting Him.
My favorite verse on His sufficiency to provide- Eph 3:20- He who is able to do exceedingly abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us...
Blessings!