Answered Prayer

For the past month we have been praying for a minivan. We have a little car that we brought up from Texas that is good on gas, but it is little and with a family we just need something bigger. As students, our financial portfolio says that we can't buy smoke off a cheeseburger, yet we know Scripture to be true. Jesus tells us to seek the Kingdom of God first and then seek His righteousness (not our own) and all of our needs will be met. (Not all of our wants, but all of our needs) So after a month of praying for a minivan, someone we don't know gave us one. We didn't take out a loan, we aren't making payments and we didn't ask him to have his van. God knew what we needed and gave it to us - a 7 passenger minivan! God is good. Where are you with God right now? Are you relying on your own strength to get through life or are you relying on Him? Scripture is true, and when we surrender our lives to His will, miracles happen. To seek His Kingdom first means to love God above everything - your spouse, your kids, your bank account, your golf game, your vehicle - and then have that self sacrificing love for people especially those that don't like you. The only way we can love God above everything is to realize that He first loved us. When we were His enemies, He sacrificed His Son by going through the worst torture possible in order make us right with Him. He has every right to send all of us to Hell because that is what we deserve, but because of His love and mercy and grace He is willing, able and desiring to reconcile us to Himself. Only when we humble ourselves to receive that gift of salvation through Jesus Christ can we love people the way that He does. You may think that many people in this world don't deserve your love, but remember nobody deserves the love of God, but because of His goodness He loves us.