God lives and works today.
Do these words resound throughout our daily life
because we experience his provision in the smallest
details?
If you long to experience God as a
father who is always ready to give good
gifts to his children, listen to the testimony
taken from the experiences of the Lutheran Evangelical
Sisterhood whose home is on the little land
of Canaan in Darmstadt, Germany.
We sisters were facing a time of great
financial difficulty.
It was near the end of the month
and bills amounting to $1,250 had to
be paid on the 30th.
And yet, at the last minute, God not
only provided the necessary money in a miraculous
way, but also provided the money for a
very much needed garden machine, which we had
prayed about for a long time.
At that time, Mother Basile was gripped by
a desire to become still more dependent on
the Father in Heaven, to become still poorer,
in order to give him more opportunities to
glorify himself.
So many people no longer look upon God
as a father nor expect anything from him.
In our times, perhaps as in none before,
there is a tendency towards independence, materialism, and
godlessness.
Mother Basile felt impelled to live in total
childlike dependence on him.
It was as though God was drawing us
to a way of life totally opposite from
the spirit of our times.
We were to be like the birds of
the air, which Jesus talks about in Matthew
6, 26, and yet the Heavenly Father feeds
them.
And so it became clear that our daily
meals should be prepared from food that would
be given to us, plus the harvest from
our own garden.
God has dealt with us through the years
in many situations.
We had experienced how he pours out his
blessings when we wait upon him and expect
everything from him.
Now we were to experience an even fuller
measure of blessing.
This meant that we had to trust him
in more areas of our life.
We had to become even more dependent upon
him.
And so we started out on this pathway,
seeking wherever we could to use all our
money for the kingdom of God and not
for food and personal needs.
In this way, he would receive the greatest
glory from us.
We have gone this way now for many
years and have experienced the Heavenly Father's blessings
day by day.
We've actually been fed from the Father's hand,
like the birds of the air, and so
we want to testify to his goodness.
Especially we would like to help strengthen the
faith of those whose hearts are full of
anxiety at the thought of coming distress or
times of famine.
As Isaiah 64, verse 4 says, we have
a God who works for those who wait
for him.
I praise your kindness, O my God, this
will not freeze.
Your love is
all of me.
You have been listening to a program written
by Basilia Schlink of the Little Land of
Canaan.
To learn more about how God lives and
works today, visit us at our website, www
.canaan.org.
That's K-A-N-A-A-N dot
org.
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God bless you.