Matthew 6:25, “Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing?”
We were considering changing our daughter to another childcare as the one she was attending wasn’t very hygienic and already had severally hand foot mouth (HFMD) cases. Furthermore, our son is of age to be enrolled into nursery and we would want the both of them to be in a respectable Christian childcare with a good environment and spirit filled teachers. We decided to put them in one that we were familiar with, though the fees were on the high side, we thought that it would be the best for them.
Unknowingly, this seems to be the start of our struggles. Not only in the area of our finances but also the strain on our kids. Because the school is far from our home, we started out by taking cab daily to and fro so that the travelling will not be too taxing on our kids. But as it goes on, our finances seemed to be leaking. It was quite tough to change our travelling mode to public transport as most of the time, my wife have to bring both kids to childcare alone and by the end of the day, the kids will be too tired to travel by MRT. My daughter had responded well to that childcare but the strain on my son was obvious. He will often fall asleep in the middle of his dinner. Even in school, he’ll fall asleep before he can finish his lunch and he got sick quite often.
We surrendered our situation to God. We continued to believe Him for finances to come in as well as for wisdom in handling the whole situation. We have been exposed to prosperity messages in our ex-church and have also read books that testified about God’s faithfulness in provisions. So we know that it is God’s will for us to prosper and be in health, just as our souls prosper.
True to His words, there have been a couple of occasions when people who do not know the financial situation we are going through, came up to us and hand us sums of money. These supernatural encounters really boost our faith in God our Father as we are seeing such manifestation intimately. Such testimonies are not only stories that we read from the States but they are blessings that we are experiencing it in our life in Singapore!
I remembered there was once when my wife and I were left with $50 and payday was quite a while away. It was a precious experience because though it seems in the natural we should be fretting and worrying about tomorrow, but we felt the peace of God within us holding us together so strongly. We gave thanks to God for an enjoyable simple dinner that night.
The next morning, God revealed to me that my sister would bless me with a sum of money. I didn’t give it much thought until I saw her. She handed me a crushed envelope, and said, “It wasn’t meant for you initially but somehow, I just felt like passing it to you.” I looked into the envelope and it was exactly the amount God had impressed upon my heart.
There was also another time when God impressed upon me that one of my church mate would bless me with a certain amount of money. In fact this church mate of mine really did came up to me and told me, “Hey, I do not know why but I felt impressed in my heart to give you this amount of money.” And he went away to draw the funds and passed it to me. However in his absence, the amount he mentioned me was not what God had revealed to me. So I told God that I’ll not be taking it if it’s not from Him.
However when my church mate came back, he said “I can’t pass my own conscience, I had to obey the leading from God to bless you with a higher amount. Please take it.” Amazingly, when I checked the amount he gave was exactly the sum God had revealed to me. God is so real to us! We have not mentioned about our financial needs to anyone and let alone any specific sum of money that we need. But God just keep sending people to us to help us tide over our period of financial difficulty.
Furthermore, God led us to make certain adjustments in our situation like changing school. Eventually, He also touched my parents heart to help take care of our kids so that they don’t have to go full day childcare. The many little adjustments brought about great benefits to my whole family.
In the midst of our adjustments, God truely provided faithfully for our family and delivered us out of lack into sufficiency.
Matthew 6:25, “Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing?”
My family can certainly testify to this scripture and God’s love for us. Praise God!
Tom and Belle
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