"God's Will is His Bill"

Sorry Pastor Jason but I'm going to use one of your famous quotes for this blog :)


One of the most common questions that I have been asked since beginning this journey is: "So you are getting paid right?" NEWS ALERT: How many "missionaries" (I hate that term, but I'll blog on that later) do you know that are getting "paid"? I mean, who is supposed to "pay" us? Sorry to inform you, but all of the missionaries I know, are strictly volunteer. They operate off of the gracious sponsors who have decaided to join their fight for love.


But anyways...that first question usually leads into: "Well how are you going to live?" I mustdmit that I typically begin this response with a chuckle and then say "The same way I do here." God provides for us, no matter where we are.  If I were to remain in the US then God would provide for me by giving me a job. Since when did we stop serving a God who owns all of the resources in the world anyways? Ironically, most often the people in shock by my response, are the ones who have preached to me to have faith. Why can't we believe and exercise in our own lives what we preach to everyone else?


So my question is: "Where is your audacious faith?"


No, I don't know where money is going to come from...but I do know that I can say, without ANY doubt, that going to Manila is what He has asked me to do.  Deliberately stepping out of His will would be deliberately stepping away from the blessings that He has for me. Who in their right mind would dare to do that?!?! When I say that every step I have taken since He dropped this amazing opportunity in my lap, has been sheer steps of faith right down to every cent, I'm not kidding. But I know what God has promised to me and I'm trusting Him to provide. "His will is His bill!"


So can I challenge you? Can I challenge you to trust Him for me, so that when you start to doubt that I won't be provided for that you stop and exercise audacious faith? Can I challenge you to have audacious faith in your own life and in your own family?