What a sabbath Morning of the 4th April 2015. The weather was calm, rain had stopped , I woke up not feeling like going to my usual church because Its far and taking a public transport in Dar es Salaam is not too good and the near by church in Mbezi Salasala, were having a choir day and I was tempted to go but the Holy spirit was talking to me that I should go to my usual Church in Mikocheni B. I got ready and when I was ready to go to church and there was a repair man who came to repair our fridge ( P.s My family are not SDA). He was going to the direction where the church was and he was able to give me a lift. The journey was quick and comfortable.
After Sabbath school, the superintendent was asking the church to contribute for next sabbath which will be visitor's day. I prayed to God that i would contribute something small because i knew i didn't have much money and due to public holiday I wont go to work until Wednesday. As item were mentioned that needs to be brought during the week, the superintendent appointed me to bring 15 litres of cooking oil. I was in shock. How will i get the money to buy 15 litres of cooking oil. I accepted to do bring the money equivalent that's 60,000/= tsh to buy the cooking oil. I prayed God you need to provide that money. After divine service, I opened whatsapp messages and I found a message saying, some money has been deposited on my account. Praise be to God for he provides and He is a faithful God. God was testing my faith if I would trust him to provide for his work.
Due to my situation, I don't go back home for lunch but I stay at church. One of the brothers at church offered some youths to buy lunch on sabbath. It is sin to buy or sell on sabbath day ( Nehemiah 10:31) . I returned the offer. I was hungry and I wanted to go back home early. But the Spirit spoke to me and told me to stay at church for a little longer. The afternoon program was about '' God's will'' a very interesting topic on how God allow things to happen for his glory. A good example would be of Job, when he lost all he had and then later He got everything back or even more things, Satan was permitted by God to test Job's faith ( Job 1:7-12). When we pray, sometimes God doesn't answer our requests because He knows the future and He knows what would happen if we get the request we pray for. Due to the situation I am facing, I have been praying to God to help me and answer my prayers but I would see him answering small prayers like, when I get on a bus going home, I pray to get a seat and God answers such prayers but when I pray for something bigger, He is quite. And from the afternoon program I learnt to fully submit to God's will even though my will might be different. Its is hard to be honest and God is always there for us to help us and guide us.
The afternoon program finished quite late and i was worried how will i get home quicker. God performed another miracle and I was offered a lift back home. Praise be to God. What a blessed sabbath day
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