Archive for December 22nd, 2008
All I want for Christmas is $25K
Monday, December 22nd, 2008
Don’t we all especially a couple of days before Christmas? Really, $25,000 is, was and I guess continues to be, my prayer. For me? Of course not, for Wells for Life®.
$25k is the cost to bring safe water to 15 rural villages in India. 15 villages made up of low caste laborers, agriculture workers, school children and those considered untouchable. These 15 villages represent 7500 men, women and children all of whom right now are suffering because they lack safe water in their village.
I received this proposal in November and after examining our financial situation again, (giving is down 52%) I thought there is no way I can fund these projects. Several weeks passed and then something stirred within me. I got in touch with my board and shared with them the need and explained our options and told them to pray. In the interim, this stirring stirred some more and a little voice said, “Why haven’t you asked me specifically for these villages and for this money?”
Some of you may be familiar with this voice and others may not. I attribute this voice to the whisper of God. This stirring brought boldness and so every day I have been praying that God would grant me the $25k so that I can bring water to 15 new places and thus positively change the course of 7500 people. While waiting for the check do you know what I am going to do? With the blessing and encouragement from my board, I am going to send a check to India and tell them to start drilling. After all, I have to visit in February and I want 15 new places to visit and gain the opportunity to tell all of these folks why I am doing this and who is responsible for bringing them water.
Is it me? No, it’s God. I am just the vessel, just an instrument doing His work and believing in faith that He is going to meet me along the path and supply the funds. Do I actually have the money in the bank for which the check can be cashed? In reserves and some may think I am foolish and some may say this isn’t faith because faith would do it even if there wasn’t money.
Regardless, it’s faith in my book when you do something crazy knowing that the security isn’t there and the action is in response to a prompting from God. That’s faith; doing what God said to go and do even if it looks crazy, dumb, short sided or not very professional.
Well I say, screw that. It’s high time we stopped looking at the obstacles and started looking at God and the opportunities. After all the Greek word ex nihilo implies out of nothing God can create; so I give Him my nothing and look forward to seeing His creation!
Will you join me?
Michael
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