[created] for something greater

Ablaze Service last Friday was pretty awesome especially for me personally.

I had many moments of just laughing at God’s lil quirks as he spoke to me and as well healed me!

In the day i had some lunch that didnt really sit well with my stomach, it tasted awesome but a dish that is rice, chicken, some onion and a whole lotta oil isn’t the best thing for ya and my stomach was proclaiming it!  So I rocked up for set up for Ablaze Service and as time went by it got worse and worse.  I was extremely tempted to just say to everyone hey i’m feeling real sick so can you please do this for me.  But i remembered what Ps Mark Edwards shared with us last week “Come to the church with a spirit of giving not getting” and wanting the ABS team, for that night, to express that, I knew that i had to push through the pain and give of myself to serve.

I said a lil prayer to God asking him for strength and forgiveness for my selfishness as I carried equipment around and set up the drum kit.  I didn’t think to ask for healing but just said “God i want to serve without complaining and just be a blessing to everyone around me”  Set up continued and to my discomfort the pain got worse.  But i just kept on chuggin’

Prayer meeting came around and soon after prayer finished i realised something.  The pain in my stomach was completely gone!  I thought maybe i had a sudden adrenaline rush and it would come back but then i asked God what happened and i just felt a peace as God reminded me of my faithfulness to serve the church despite the discomfort.  I thought to myself “wow God!  I didn’t even ask you for it.  Thanks heaps!”

The other aspect was in regard to the Build Unidus Faith Pledge.  Coming to the Friday i was dead set on what I knew God wanted me to give, in fact i already knew the friday before!  I was not even close to fulfilling my pledge from last year and i knew God wanted me to give the same amount PLUS the amount i still had left.  But i thought to myself, hey God why don’t i just round it out, i like rounded numbers.  The time came to pledge and i was just about to write down the amount when I felt God just nudge me so I stopped and just simply said “God what is the exact amount want me to give?”  Instantly a number flashed in my mind - i looked at my e-mails for the total amount that i gave last year and low and behold the two numbers added together was exactly the number that God placed in my mind… well $1 extra which gave me a lil laugh.

So its gonna be a MEGA stretch.  I pasted my personal copy of the pledge in my diary and underneath it i said “God this amount literally makes me go X_X “  But i know He will provide!