Confirmation

I just want to share with you a story about God confirming my place in returning to Uganda. Last Thursday morning our team purchased plane tickets and I was a little nervous because I only had a little more than half of the funds needed for me to return. The day went on as normal but I prayed, and had been praying, that God would provide all of my funds. It so happens that I am a regular attender at the small group that Jeff Jones leads on Thursday nights. Usually there are about 4 of us total who go and we meet right outside The River. A guy who I will choose to keep anonymous, lets call him Joe showed up and asked us if there was anything going on at The River that night because he felt an incredible urge from the Holy Spirit to be there and he did not know why. The only thing going on that night was this bible study, so he joined us. None of us have ever met him or even seen him before. At the end of the bible study Jeff felt led to pray about me going to Uganda and Joe asked me how much more I needed to raise and I told him I still needed $1500. After we prayed and finished up he pulled me aside and told me to wait for him outside. He got in his car and left. 10 min later he came back and handed me a sealed envelope labeled "Emergency Money". When I opened the envelope there were 15 $100 bills inside. I was in shock, it turns out that he had taken the money out of the bank that very morning. The Holy Spirit used this to show me that I really do have a purpose in Uganda and I will do big things.


John 10: 1-4
 ¹"I tell you the truth, the man who does not enter the sheep pen by the gate, but climbs in by some other way, is a thief and a robber. ²The man who enters by the gate is the shepherd of his sheep. ³The watchman opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen to his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. ⁴When he has brought out all his own, he goes on ahead of them, and his sheep follow him because they know his voice.


John 10 says that Jesus calls us out of the sheep pen and AFTER we have come out he goes ahead of us. When I bought that plane ticket it was as if I was stepping out of the pen. Jesus went ahead of me and has provided in so many ways. Are you waiting for Jesus to do something in your life? It could very well be that you are not waiting on him at all but it's the other way around. He is waiting on you step out of the pen in faith before he will go ahead of you. 


Brian