Blessing and Confirmation
Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen. Eph 3:20-21
Praise God! Earlier when I thought God was leading us to go to Houston, I wasn't completely sure. I was more like, "God, I sure hope I heard you correctly." One of the things we were praying is that if God is calling us to move to Houston, that he would 1) confirm it and 2) prepare the way.
God has done both. In terms of preparing the way, God has blessed us in so many ways.
1) Grace getting laid off. Grace was going to quit her job. The drawback of that is that she had to pay back her signing bonus and relocation, since she didn't work there two years yet. Instead of Grace having to quit, she got laid off instead. This was a blessing, since we didn't have to pay back the signing bonus and relocation and got a package on top of that.
2) Selling our house. We sold our house in one weekend, had 4 offers, and got above our asking price. That's God's grace.
God also by His grace confirmed us moving to Houston. We had a missionary from our church share at our small group. After he shared, we prayed. After the prayer, everybody split up and started eating desert and chatting. When everyone split up, he came up to me individually. I had seen him at church, but we had never talked 1:1.
When he came up to me, he said two things:
1) God is pleased with you heart of worship.
2) God is going to bring something new into your life; don't be afraid to leave the old, just obey.
Later on I found out that that missionary is gifted in the prophetic. Wow! What grace God has shown me to give that missionary a word to speak to me. Worship for me is the main essence of the Christian walk ... to glorify God in worship, to "connect" with God, to lavish our love and praise to God ... and to have Him say, He is pleased. Wow, that's God's grace.
You can interpret "new" and "old" in many ways. I took the new to mean moving to Houston and joining my parent's company and the old to be leaving Austin and my current job behind.
For me, the entire process of moving to Houston, has been a step of faith in obedience.
Praise God! Earlier when I thought God was leading us to go to Houston, I wasn't completely sure. I was more like, "God, I sure hope I heard you correctly." One of the things we were praying is that if God is calling us to move to Houston, that he would 1) confirm it and 2) prepare the way.
God has done both. In terms of preparing the way, God has blessed us in so many ways.
1) Grace getting laid off. Grace was going to quit her job. The drawback of that is that she had to pay back her signing bonus and relocation, since she didn't work there two years yet. Instead of Grace having to quit, she got laid off instead. This was a blessing, since we didn't have to pay back the signing bonus and relocation and got a package on top of that.
2) Selling our house. We sold our house in one weekend, had 4 offers, and got above our asking price. That's God's grace.
God also by His grace confirmed us moving to Houston. We had a missionary from our church share at our small group. After he shared, we prayed. After the prayer, everybody split up and started eating desert and chatting. When everyone split up, he came up to me individually. I had seen him at church, but we had never talked 1:1.
When he came up to me, he said two things:
1) God is pleased with you heart of worship.
2) God is going to bring something new into your life; don't be afraid to leave the old, just obey.
Later on I found out that that missionary is gifted in the prophetic. Wow! What grace God has shown me to give that missionary a word to speak to me. Worship for me is the main essence of the Christian walk ... to glorify God in worship, to "connect" with God, to lavish our love and praise to God ... and to have Him say, He is pleased. Wow, that's God's grace.
You can interpret "new" and "old" in many ways. I took the new to mean moving to Houston and joining my parent's company and the old to be leaving Austin and my current job behind.
For me, the entire process of moving to Houston, has been a step of faith in obedience.
posted by Oliver at 9:11 PM
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