When I got in my car and started driving, I had several problems and no solutions. I had been accepted into Seminary, but that acceptance was about all I had managed to acquire; I did not have a place to live, could not register for classes, and had no job lined up to help support me while I studied. The problem that was consuming me the most was where I would stay; I knew no one in the area, and while my mother was willing to put me up in a hotel, I knew that would get expensive if I could not find a place to live quickly.
Some might wonder why I even bothered to start driving, given the difficulties I was facing. I can only say that by the time I had gotten to that point, I had received what I considered to be sufficient proof that God wanted me to go to Seminary, and I believed that if it was God’s will, He would work everything out.
“The Lord’s acts of mercy indeed do not end, For His compassions do not fail.They are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness” (Lamentations 3:22-23, NASB).
The word that is translated as “mercy” is in fact hesed, which if you have read my previous posts (such as The Beginning), you’ll know this is a specific kind of love: faithful, enduring, compassionate. It isn’t just The Lord’s acts of mercy, but His acts of love toward us, that do not end. Likewise, the word that is translated as “compassions” is the word racham, which is a parental kind of love. This text is also saying that God’s love does not fail.
Since God’s love does not end and does not fail, we can trust Him to act in our best interests, to keep His promises to us. God gives us many promises throughout Scripture; if we claim them, we will find Him faithful. Before I set out for Seminary, I claimed every promise I could.
By the time I arrived at my destination, God had solved every single problem I had. I particularly want to highlight the way He resolved my living situation, because I believe it clearly illustrates how God was working not just in my life, but in the lives of others as well.
From my perspective, what happened was this: I got a call while I was at a rest stop on my second day of driving; it was a friend of mine from church. He told me that a friend of his, we’ll call her Lucy, who lived near the Seminary had a room available for rent, and had agreed that I could either rent it from her, or stay there until I found other accommodations.
It wasn’t until months later that I learned the sequence of events that had occurred. A room did indeed open up in this lady’s house; the previous occupant had been a source of contention within the household, and Lucy believed that if she had a Seminarian living in her house, such a situation would not be repeated. So she started praying for a Seminarian to rent the room.
My friend called her the same day he called me, and told her he had a friend who was coming to Seminary and needed a place to stay, and Lucy immediately offered up the empty room in her house. So God answered two prayers, connecting two petitioners who could solve each other’s problems.
Have you experienced God’s faithfulness in your life? Tell me about it in the comment section!
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