Today I am heading into uni to meet Emmanuel (will try get a photo of him to show), I think this is an answer to my prayers earlier, this is in conjunction with my last post. What I was thinking in my last was also answers to this prayer I had prayed, one day when going through all this turmoil wondering where God was I prayed, “God please prove to me beyond doubt that you are with me”. I prayed this with a sincere heart and just trusted it to God that he would be able to do this, I believed that God knows me best and can in his own way, without me asking how, would do this. Well all the things in the last post happened, out of all of them the most comforting was being told “I am with you always”.
But God didn’t just leave it there, just last week on Monday I left my camera in the toilet by mistake (I kind of think that God blinded me to it so as to test me), I walked out leaving it above the sinks, and thought the whole time during the first half of my lecture that the camera was with me. During my lectures break (1 hour after the lecture started) I realised I didn’t have my camera, but I knew where I left it because I could recall at what points I did have it. So I ran back to the toilet to find it was gone, I had thought someone from uni had decided that it was a nice cam and was going to keep it. So I went back to my lecture and prayed about it, after the lecture I went to lost property hoping they would have it but no one had turned it in. After that I remember walking home questioning things, but I thought to myself, I’m going to trust God in this and I’m going to keep praying, I even thought I should thank God, so I did my best to thank him for the times I did have my camera and said to myself, God gives and God takes we should be thankful in all circumstances (it was tough thanking God when I felt at loss).
But I kept praying about it and checking lost property thinking to myself, God can change the heart of the person if they did steal it and they will turn it into lost property. I prayed everyday until Thursday but I had this feeling like I hadn’t lost it, yet I saw in no way how I was going to get it back. it wasn’t till Friday that the breakthrough happened, I had organised to meet up with my mate and thought he was coming over to my place, but because of a miss understanding he thought I was going to meet him at uni. I decided since I was going to life group that night that its pointless for him to come to my place and then we go back out. So I went into uni, up to his room but I was told he was waiting for me in the botanicals. As I was walking to the botanicals I had to walk past the library, at this point the thought came to me to ask about the camera in the library, by this time it was 4 days since I had lost it. Upon inquiring the librarian remembered about a notice on the white board, and when I went to the white board it said, compact camera found in o-block, I was pretty sure this would be my camera as I had lost it in that building.
I rang the guy straight away and explained to him the camera, he was like yes, yes, and I started to get excited because I knew he had it. But he wanted proof that I was really the owner so he asked me what the last few photos where but I had no clue. I told him I don’t remember the order of the photographs, so he gave me a hint telling me it was an animal and at that point I remembered that the day I lost it, a kookaburra decided to swoop my mate and myself and I started to take photos of it (which I’ll post up here after I get my cam). After telling him what animal it was he knew I was the owner and met me down in the library. He didn’t have the came on him but gave me his business card and got my contact details, when I saw the card I saw Emmanuel written on it, which was his name. The whole time, God had managed to answer a previous prayer by sending someone with a name meaning “God with us” to pick up my camera, he orchestrated the whole thing so that I may know that God is with us, and we can trust him with all our heart. From my own understanding, before I had found it, I had no idea how this camera would have been found. Now I have an experience that proves this verse:
Pro 3:5 Lean on, trust in, and be confident in the Lord with all your heart and mind and do not rely on your own insight or understanding.
Pro 3:6 In all your ways know, recognize, and acknowledge Him, and He will direct and make straight and plain your paths.
Pro 3:7 Be not wise in your own eyes; reverently fear and worship the Lord and turn [entirely] away from evil. [Prov. 8:13.]
we are human an don’t know everything, but God knows all. Sometimes God does things we don’t understand, and sometimes we question God. But God knows all and all his ways are righteous and just and love. He is someone that we can always trust!!! do you trust God with all your heart? will you trust Him in times when things don’t seem to be going the way you want them to? will you trust Jesus even when things seem bad? and will you remember Jesus even when times are good? will you give thanks to Jesus in all circumstances whether good or bad, in sickness and in health? (yes I purposefully am implying marriage here)
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