"Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? for your heavenly Father knows that you have need of all these things". (Matthew 6:31-32)
I remember going for a long jog one morning shortly after our house burned down. At that time, we didn’t even have sufficient clothing for our children. I had previously given away the little savings I had, so I had no financial fallback and no real plan for the future. Then the words of Jesus in the Gospel of Matthew suddenly came to my mind: “seek you first the kingdom/Kinship of God [Yehovah] and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you” (Matthew 6:33).
I said to God, “Lord, according to your word, I have sought you. I have sought your kingdom, and I have sought your righteousness. You promised that all I need will be added to me, so I am simply going to take you at your word.”
At that point, I made the choice to put away the fear of tomorrow. Suddenly, peace flooded my heart.
God did exactly as he had promised. He added all things unto me, and He did it sovereignly. I did not say a word to anyone, but the story of our loss somehow spread everywhere, throughout our community and even to communities beyond. Suddenly people began responding, and churches that I had never even been to ended up taking offerings for us.
God gave back to us everything that had been lost, and after the trial was all over, God let me know, “I needed to show you that I can take everything away, and I can give it all back. It is all in my hands.” I learned that God is my keeper, and I am confident that He will keep you as well. Declare God to be faithful in your trial, and realize deep down that He will never fail nor forsake you. Yehovah has tied the honor of His name to His commitment to keeping you when you are committed to loving Him with all your heart!
Written by Carter Conlon and edited by Bruce Lyon
Addition: Brothers and Sisters when we read this testimony we see what has happened to a man of faith and his family. A man who by example had given what little he had to others. A man who was committed to doing the will of his God and Father Yehovah!
The moral of this testimony is that if you give your all to your God and Father Yehovah He will make His all available to you when you need it and ask for it! Our God and Father Yehovah looks on the heart and responds accordingly!
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