Joshua Chapter 1 (Response)

Now here's where things get difficult to interpret and understand,
And seeing God's hand becomes part faith, part seeing past the doubt.

So almost immediately after I made the post, one of the friends of mine who I volunteer with came and met with me and spoke to me about one of the programs we're planning for the year. And his doubts as to the effectiveness, and timing of the programs. And almost immediately, I began questioning what we decided, and I remembered what I just studied, "Be strong and courageous."

The thought itself completely changed my perspective and we started looking at how we could make it work, rather than scrapping it before it even began. The ultimate decision is left more in God's hands trusting that he will make a way, but I think that's kind of the point really.

What's interesting is the idea that maybe God was preparing me to not let the idea be scrapped. Or maybe it's just me reading into the idea. A self fulfilling prophecy of sorts. I think I will be wrestling with the whole self fulfilling prophecy idea for a while. The heart of the matter really is if I'm willing to believe that what I'm seeing is God at work, and me not imagining him at work...

Like in the evening we actually had an epic bible study on tithing, with so many of us sharing our thoughts doubts and experiences. It has been a while since I've been so encouraged by a corporate bible study. (But considering this was part of the day planned I'm not sure if it was a part of God enacting my study of the word, or just God being epic as we entered his word)

This is kind of where this morning comes in.

Last night before when I turned in, and this morning I took the time to pray for my luggers, (The young guys I disciple) my fiancee (The young lady that disciples me) my family, and my boss. The interesting thing is that I actually felt like I should follow up and see if God had answered my prayers in real and tangible ways. when I was about to call up my fiancee, turns out that he had actually been talking with her about what I had been praying about, and she called me first, which was a surprise.

But when I called one of my luggers, turns out he wasn't doing too well in what I had prayed about. But we talked and had a good chat, made my day actually, but that's usually par for the course with him. He's a really great guy.

Then when switching buses I ran into one of my other luggers on the bus, and we caught up on what's been going on with him, and we walked and talked until we reached my office.

All this before I even got to work.

I personally don't believe in coincidence. But I'll leave that for you to decide.