The Work of God Through Prayer

"This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. And if we know that he hears us—whatever we ask—we know that we have what we asked of him." I John 5:14-15 NIV

When this blog is updated, it's done from the perspective of the team going to Ube in a few weeks, however today I am led to share something that happened with my own personal perspective just as a member of the team experiencing God's faithfulness to the trip and provision of all needs, including financial needs.

As I prayed this morning, I was led pray only for the mission to Ube as there's still much to be done, including raising of financial support. Before I left my office heading out to lunch I saw two of my co-workers who are Christians and I stopped to ask them both to continue to pray, remembering all facets of the trip to Ube and explained where we were as a team in raising financial support in addition to the financial support I still needed to raise. I then went on to lunch.

When I came back I noticed the hood of a vehicle in the parking lot was raised and that one of my colleagues from another department was checking his engine. I stopped by and asked what he was up to and how things were going. Last month in a class I had shared about the trip to Ube and he asked how things were going with the trip and when the team was leaving. Toward the end of the conversation he asked "Do you have to raise any type of funds for this trip?" I answered yes and gave a brief overview of how much financial support the team needed and how much more was needed and what the money would go for once in Ube. As we were standing there, he said "I want to provide some financial support for the trip." Here God was showing me how He's providing resources in places that I didn't think to look. God is good all the time!

I went back to my office to get a letter and pink envelope for this person and on my way down the hall, I ran into one of the co-workers I had spoken with just before lunch. I asked him "You prayed right after I walked out didn't you?" He said that every time someone asks him to pray about something he does it immediately. Right then I had to share how the Lord worked in just that hour since we'd spoken.

With that, continue to pray for the team and the people in Ube and for the work to be done. Beyond the shadow of a doubt, God is working not only in Japan, but here in Atlanta as well, in preparation for the trip and the work ahead.