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The walk to the mailbox is usually a mundane event in our home. We are fortunate that in these times, we own our car, rent an apartment and have one small credit card with zero balance. So when I opened my mailbox a couple of weeks ago and pulled out the few envelopes inside, the big manilla envelope was quite an attention getter. But once I turned it over and glanced at the sender, my heart literally dropped. The envelope was sent from a lawyer to me. I know that God is in control of everything so I kept reminding myself that no matter what was inside, I knew that it would work to my good.
Once I made it back inside, I went ahead and opened the envelope just to get the thing over with. I pulled out the documents and began to read the letter addressed to me. In that moment, I had an overwhelming sense of Jesus standing next to me with His arm around my shoulder, smiling the same smile that was on my face. I had one old debt that I had been faithfully paying for ten years. It wasn't a burden, just a nuisance and I had never given it much thought. But with the opening of the envelope, the lawyer was informing me that my debt was no longer valid and that I am free from paying on it anymore. The first thing out of my mouth was to my children. I said, "Do you know how much my Jesus loves me?" And then I almost jumped with joy and shouted, "Do you know how much my Jesus loves me?"
See, in the midst of knowing that the Lord is calling us to move to the east coast, our rental lease had expired and we had decided to not sign a new lease but to keep our rental a month to month knowing that there would be an increase to our monthly rent. We did this in faith that the Lord would work to move us where He is calling us to be. We also knew that we would have to make sacrifices in other areas to make up the difference but felt that it would be a privilege to do so since the Lord would make Himself known to others through the events unfolding in our lives. So it was a cup overflowing moment when I opened the mail that day.
The amount that I had been paying monthly on my old debt was the exact amount that our rent was going to be raised each month. How can I explain what it means to feel the power of God's love over and over? How can I explain a cancelled debt that I should still have to pay? There is only one way, and it is Jesus. If people could only grasp exactly how much He loves us and what He is so eager to share and be for us, the yoke that we fight against would be just as light and easy as He said it would be. I am His beloved and it is in Him that I live and move and breathe...
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