God Provides: Personal Testimony

And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah-jireh, as it is said to this day, On the mount of Jehovah it will be provided. (Genesis 22:14, RecVer)

Today, exactly one week after our old car turned fifteen years and was scrapped, the Lord has blessed us with a new car. He also provided richly all the money needed to purchase it at the right time. Wherever the need is, may it be useful to the Lord, to the Body, to the saints, and for the church life. The car is a KIA Carens Clavis.

Testimony

The reason for choosing this car is the Lord’s leading, and it has a personal spiritual history. Many months ago, as I had been considering in prayer for a new car, as our Alto K10 would be turning 15 years old in December, the Lord showed me in a dream about this particular company and model. The next day, during my prayer time, He reminded me of this particular car. I immediately googled and found it was too expensive; in fact, it was more than three times my initial budget. Then, I kind of gave up even considering this car. However, in the following days, weeks, and months, whenever I thought about the need for a car, only this model came to mind. Though I also considered a smaller and cheaper one, I never had the peace to go ahead with any of them. In fact, at one time, I even considered Renault Triber and Nissan Gravite, both 7-seater economic MPVs, but my inner peace never allowed me to dwell on them, even. Many times, I tried to tune my mind for a small car, but I never had the peace. So, I literally had no choice but to consider KIA Carens. Finally, I visited a KIA showroom and inquired about this model, including the color (which I had seen in my dream). But the sales executive said they don't have what I was looking for. However, a few days later, he called me up and said there was only one piece in the entire NCR, though similar cars with other colors were available.

Later, when I mentioned this car to a brother, he felt good about it and also helped me to review and negotiate the price. I took that as a confirmation from the Body. Then, another brother spent one whole day calling up many KIA dealers in NCR and concluded that no one had this particular model with the chosen color, and even with the negotiated price. A further confirmation from another brother. Thus, the car was bought.

When the Lord shows something, He always provides to meet the need, not just sufficiently but bountifully.

Jehovah-jireh, God Provides

On the financial side, while looking into what the Lord has blessed us, I realized that one of the investments that we made nine years ago, which I thought I had bought by mistake, had grown beyond my expectations. Besides, there were also offerings we received and have not used for quite some time. Then, it was confirmed that all these were the Lord’s provisions to meet this need at this time. Praise the Lord!

May the Lord preserve us with a pure heart to only love Him, only look to Him, and only live Him out.