Jehovah Jireh

 I have documented our faith journey on many occasions. When God has come through, and provided in ways that astounded us, and glorified Himself we have testified. We love bragging on God. We have many reasons to brag in our near thirty year marriage and pilgrimage of faith. Everywhere I walk around my house I see the tangible evidence of God answering prayer. Furniture, refrigerator, exercise equipment and even the house itself. All provided by our loving Heavenly Father. Not just our home in Runaway Bay. We also see it in the parsonage at Spring Creek filled with God's bountiful blessings of furniture. Like the song says, "He is a good good Father."

If you regularly read these blogs, you know of my prayer and belief in God to provide three vehicles for my family all debt free. I have prayed that for three years. I wrote earlier this week about God's first provision in a truck. I write today to tell you of the second. a 2004 Yukon. It has only half the miles our old suburban did we donated to a local charity. We prayed. We looked. We sought. We knocked. We waited and God provided. Another vehicle sitting in my drive way debt free. It is just like our old suburban except with leather seats, custom wheels, and charcoal grey color. 

God did it again. We traded in the older car Brenda has driven for the past two years. We paid, are you ready, $3,750 plus our trade in. We walked out the door debt free in a better vehicle than we donated. God truly did exceed our prayers and expectations. He does that. He knows better than we do. 

We bought the GMC Yukon from the same guy who sold us the truck. A former resident of Seminole, TX. That is not coincidence. That is God orchestrating provision and honoring many faith filled fervent prayers. We drove home yesterday humbled, giddy, and thankful. 

We knew God had a vehicle for Brenda. We just did not know where nor when He would reveal it. I sit writing this today amazed at His power to pull things like this together. He tested our faith. We prayed hard to pass the test. We had to be patient. I cannot overemphasize the fact we prayed and waited for three years. Many times I wanted to get in a hurry. Each time God brought me to my senses and called us to wait on Him. Many hours I pleaded and petitioned for God to help us. At times, it seemed like He turned a deaf ear to us. Not so. He just wanted to test and build our faith. To increase our trust in Him to do impossible things. I have to admit on many occasions I really wondered if God would provide three cars debt free. It seemed outlandish. Fanciful. A pipe dream. Yet the conviction remained and the fervent faith inspired prayers ensued. 

At one point, Brenda and I talked about how it felt like we were striving too hard. We needed to relax and let God work. Brenda found the seller on Facebook marketplace. Just a picture and a price that intrigued us. The seller loves Jesus. He also stated, "I have to answer to Jesus for every car I sale." He dealt honestly with us. Frank is a man of integrity. A man I want to do business with trusting him. 

I saw the Yukon at his business on the day we bought the truck. I dared not ask about it. I figured it was wayyyyy out of our price rain. At the end, I did ask. When he told me the price he would sell it for, I began to see possibilities. I awakened at 3:18 a.m. when prayers about whether God might be putting this together. God brought Frank back into our path when his wife left her car keys and wallet in the truck she drove earlier the day we purchased it. We had to go see Frank again to return the wallet. Coincidence or God ordained? Earlier that morning I really began to sense God might be in us purchasing the Yukon. Then I wondered if he would accept a trade in on Brenda's old car. I could barely contain the excitement when he did and the final price to pay to walk out the door was $3,750! Yes. You read that right. The GMC Yukon we purchased is the equivalent of a Chevrolet Suburban. In other ways, God had provided that money. All glory to God for orchestrating another answer to prayer. 

We donated our old suburban. God restored it. A newer version with half the miles the old one had. He even added the luxury of leather seats and custom chrome wheels. I sit here amazed, but not surprised. I carried that vehicle in my spirit for three long years. I did not know the color or exact specifics, but I knew God would provide. It is simple. He is Jehovah Jireh. He is God our provider. We had a need. He is a loving Father. He has done it before. Multiple times before. At least half a dozen times before the truck and Yukon God provided what we call miracle vehicles. As of this writing, increase that number by two. 

God is not finished. As you will recall, I asked for three vehicles not two. That does not include replacing my truck with 280,000 miles on it. I have a son without his own vehicle. So we trust God for more. Two vehicles is not harder than one for God. Three is not harder for God than two. Dare I believe that four is not harder than three and Jehovah Jireh might in due time replace my old truck? He is able. I am willing to pray and wait. He will provide. 

Three years of praying. Two answers to prayer. One left to go and just possibly more. Zero debt on those vehicles. All glory to God. Praise His powerful, wonderful, faithful, and holy name.