In my last post, I wrote about an opportunity for me to be apart of a water-well drilling trip to Guatemala with Living Water International. I cannot in words, describe how pumped I am to get to be apart of something like this; to go and share the truth of Jesus Christ, the Living Water, by meeting the urgent needs of a community some 1,200 miles from my home.
The other day, I casually emailed my contact with Living Water to get more information about well-sponsorship and the team I will be working with. Currently, it is unknown who I will be going on the trip with, but I know that God is working those details out. Carrie emailed me back with some great news about well-sponsorship. Living Water allows trip members the opportunity to sponsor the well that they will be working on; however, the funds for this well have yet to be identified.
That got me thinking. Actually, I should say that God stirred my heart when I read that email.
What if we could sponsor that water well?
But then I thought better of that.
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Yeah, maybe I could scrounge up $5,000 before May, but I don’t really want to have to ask people for money. I don’t want to put that burden on people. I don’t want people to just feel guilty and give. I’ll just let somebody else sponsor that well, besides I am just one member of the team. Maybe they’ll want to sponsor it. Yeah, that’ll be better anyways. I’ll just go. That’s enough, right? Good thing I can justify not doing it, because I sure did not want to have to ask for money. Phew. That’s a load of my back.
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“By this we know love, that He laid down His life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers. But if anyone has the world’s goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God’s love abide in him? Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth” - 1 John 3:16-18
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I’m not closing my heart against these people am I? I mean, I am going all the way to Guatemala to do some manual labor. That is love if I have ever seen it. I am sacrificing my vacation, money and time to do this for them. That should be enough.
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“Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but the LORD weighs the heart. To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.” - Proverbs 21:2-3
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Dang, that cuts to the heart, but is it really necessary to go all the way there and pay for the well? I mean, what about my savings and that new truck I want? I can’t possibly do both. What if I just gave a little bit towards the well?
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“Take care and be on your guard against all covetousness, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.” - Luke 12:15
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That is a small sampling of the dialogue between me and God’s Word about whether to take this leap of faith. It became evident to me fast that I did not trust that our God is big enough to supply a measly $5,000. I did not trust that He had already set aside these funds to pay for this well at the outset of creation. I did not want to step out in faith by asking God to show Himself as our great Provider.
However, I cannot help but step out in faith, because of what He has done in my life and who He has proved Himself to be over the years.
I am committing to Living Water to provide the funds for this well by January 15th.
Do I have $5,000? No.
Will I, by myself, by January 15th? No.
Do we, together? Maybe.
Does God have a plan? Yes.
Will you join me? If you would like to give towards providing a water-well in the name of Jesus, please do.
Either message me (rctballa88@hotmail.com) or call me (936-465-7616) to talk about it, or just send me a check (4301 Raleigh CT APT 1508 – Midland, TX 79707). I guarantee that all funds sent to me will be put towards this water well with Living Water, or towards another well if God provides the money.
“The point is this: whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. Each one must give as he has made up his mind, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work.” - 2 Corinthians 9:6-8
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