8/7/2019 MMW Revisiting Rosemarys Fiver
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Revisiting Rosemarys Fiver
I told the tale of the $5 gift that to me has become closer to a
Million, how a friendgave me a five dollar note as a going away
present just in case. At the time I didntthink a lot about it but
the lessons that have flowed from that gift have developed,refined,
and extended my faith ever since.
The immediate lesson at the end of the week was that God is
intimately involve d inthe God business. I had worked it out that I
had made the arrangements andorganized the finances to a T but He
knew better and covered my arrogance, justenough to let me know
that it was Rosemarys fiver that got me through.
But that was only the first time that I had a lesson from
Rosemarys Fiver. I have theassurance that He will always see us
through as a further lesson from this oneincident. One of our Gods
names is Jehovah Jireh, God our Provider on the day andmany times
since He has come through, often at the cli nch but always just in
time.
The scale of His involvement with His children was another
lesson that grew out ofRosemarys Fiver. If He had not arranged for
that money to be pre -resourced thenevery lesson I have since
received as a result of Rosemarys love gift would havegone down the
drain because it would have been my cleverness that saved the
day.Because we have learnt this lesson a lot of our lives are
modified by the issue ofGod active in our lives and decisions Just
recently we were looking a t bundling acar and caravan purchase,
everything looked really positive and I was ready to letthe thing
ride or fail on a finance application. The thing was that Sue had
little peacein her spirit; logically her mind said yes while she
had no peace abou t it, needless tosay we left the deal on the
table and walked away.
I spoke earlier of arrogance; mine was the arrogance of youth,
the sort of I got itlicked attitude. There is however a humbler
arrogance the sort that takes forgranted that God is in something
simple because we think it is a good idea. It verywell may be a
good idea but God indeed may not be in it. The only way that we
can
be positive is to involve Him in the project right from the
beginning, rather thanexpect His blessing, after the fact. In a way
it is not even arrogance that I am talkingabout. Often it is just
presumption or even just not thinking ahead properly. But if wedo
not involve God from the beginning and right through the program
then whyshould we expect Him to just go along with us?
Our Father longs to be involved intimately in our lives. When
the Policeman inNorseman let me continue it was his pointed comment
that if I had not had the letterto the mission board AND that Five
Dollars he would have charged me with vagrancywas all it took to
point out Gods provision for me.
He longs to give us good things and a good life . This comes
about when we areinvolved intimately and invite Him into every
aspect of our lives. This is not
abrogating decision making to Him that would be making as
nothing the intelligenceHe gave us at birth; rather it is using our
intelligence to make decisions that are Godhonouring and a witness
to those around us.
He loves us even when we blow it. I did not get grief about
thinki ng I had it alltogether; the policemans comments merely gave
me the realization of what God hadalready done, and a WOW reaction
of thanks when I thought about it later. This isthe nature of God,
lovingly waiting in the wings, for us to remember Him and ask
thecritical questions that are right for each of us.
