I not too long ago shared how God helped Linda and me repay our mortgage in simply 9 months, and whereas most of you have been extremely supportive, some questioned the intentions or priorities behind it.
In the event you’ve ever puzzled why God would reply egocentric and “superficial” prayers over what would possibly appear to be extra essential points, this can be a must-read for you.
We’re not simply speaking {dollars} and cents; we’re speaking about soul-stirring, life-changing stuff right here. The type that makes you rethink not simply your funds however your entire life’s objective.
This might very properly be the paradigm shift it’s good to perceive the intertwined magnificence of economic stewardship and divine objective.
You can even watch the recording of our dialogue on our SeedTime Cash Podcast YouTube channel:
As all the time, this podcast isn’t only for informational functions. It’s an invite to shift views, to suppose slightly deeper, and perhaps, simply perhaps, get one step nearer to fulfilling your God-given potential.
Let’s get to it!
Does God reply egocentric prayers?
“God helps with superficial, egocentric ‘prayers’ however doesn’t save children.”
That is what somebody mentioned to me not too long ago after I shared my story of how God helped us repay our mortgage in 9 months.
What was fascinating to me was that a whole lot of commenters joined with me in praising God for the miracle He did, however just a few responded with feedback like this one.
So, I needed to handle this right here.
I’ll be the primary to confess that I don’t have all of the solutions to her doubts. However I do have just a few ideas that I consider are value sharing.
1. I share her frustration about illness and baby abuse.
In truth, Linda and I’ve been in tears collectively many occasions as our hearts have been breaking for injustice on this space.
And if it have been as much as me, I might a lot fairly save a trafficked baby than have a paid-off home. And that leads me to my 2nd level…
2. I consider the rationale God was desirous about us being debt-free is so we might assist be the reply to these larger points
The very fact is that by having a paid-off home, we instantly decreased our bills by about $2,000/month. This allowed us to significantly improve our giving to organizations which might be fixing these issues.
And so far, we now have been capable of give tens of hundreds of {dollars} extra in direction of fixing these issues than we might have been capable of if we nonetheless had a mortgage.
So God, in His infinite knowledge, appears to be utilizing one to assist resolve the opposite.
Which results in the third level…
3. God is enjoying chess whereas we’re all enjoying checkers
We, as people, simply merely can’t probably perceive how God does issues. Issues usually make no sense to our restricted considering and even seem to look incorrect.
However, if God is love (like 1 John 4:16 tells us), then we are able to belief that His intentions are pure and that He’s enjoying chess at a stage we simply can’t comprehend.
With that in thoughts, might it’s that our “superficial and egocentric” prayers to get our mortgage paid off might truly be the car that God desires to make use of to reply these deeply important prayers?
May it’s that God is sufficiently big to each care about seeing you and I debt-free and eager to see an finish to baby abuse?
