[Testimony] It ain’t about money

I am a member of the worship team so I didn’t have to pay to go to Shine. This was a blessing because my husband just lost his job and my income alone doesn’t cover our bills.

There is a lady who lives in my apartment complex that I have been inviting to Celebration for almost a year now but she never came. Sunday before Shine, God told me to invite her. I answered God and said, “Good idea. I’ll call the church and get her a scholarship and it’ll be great…”

God said, “YOU pay for her. Those scholarships are for people who don’t have ANY other way of paying. She can afford it because she has you.”

Surely I had heard God wrong.

Did God forget that I am presently the only one working? I need God to help me right now. And besides, what if she doesn’t go? She never went all the other times I invited her. Only this time I’d be out $60 that could have gone toward paying a bill. But like Ayiesha Woods said, “What matters the most now shouldn’t matter at all. You forgot who was holding you up, and he won’t let me fall. Who’s in control of my life and knows better than I ever will.”

I realized even if she didn’t go, I would just be planting a financial seed in fertile soil because I KNOW God uses Celebration to reap a harvest.

So I invited her and she agreed to go. The second night of Shine she brought her 7 year old daughter. During praise and worship, I looked over at her daughter and I saw a child (who barely even knew who Jesus was) with both hands raised in worship, eyes closed, and a smile that only God could have put on her face. WOW!!

I realized at that moment how much that woman’s salvation meant. It meant life or death for that beautiful child who would not have been able to experience Gods presence had it not been for my measly little $60.

She drew a picture for me during the service that said “jesis” with a heart around it. And what’s even more profound is the mother liked Shine so much, she brought her husband and all three children to church the Sunday after Shine and her husband had an encounter with God too. They immediately went to Orientation after the service and now are members.

Who would have known that God could have taken my $60 and do THAT with it. If anything, I got a deal. I would have paid way more for those results. Can you really put a price tag on that?

Thanks so much and God Bless….

Posted on: May 16th, 2008