Father's Heart Blog

There is a lesson a silver lining God working in every bad situation.

It is very unfortunate to loose 5k in a van that you only had 10months its worse though to live comfortably and allow a burning bright flame become a flicker.

My times of greatest trust in God do not often come in times of abundance but times of need. I believe the prosperity that my parents business success is giving us is a blessing.
But I also believe I need to learn how to live with it in such a way that I do not rely upon it and see it as the source and something of an idol. It is a continual battle to keep your eyes on Christ, not on other sources of strength or provision.
There is a significance in the number 7. It is the perfect number, a year of jubilee. I had just saved 7k from the extra income. Wow. Never had half that before. I haven’t yet realised how monumental this is to have such savings. Such an emergency fund. For such a long time when emergencies have happened it has caused a great deal of stress but always when a turning to God and also a tightening of our belts so that we are not wasteful.

That is a key thing to learn from the time, we have to live frugal still, yes be generous, yes some planned treats and adventures but day to day a budget knowing where all our spending is going is essential. And having thr time to keep on top of this is key. Otherwise with more money than time, its amazing how much money can be wasted…. that last year that wasted money would of made all thr difference and I was crying out for.

So in needing to spend all our savings and then borrow the same amount for the next van. I realise and feel the urgency to live cautiously and carefully with our finances and to pray and trust God in the spending saving and giving. I’m confident that by being more cautious and aware we can realise there is enough to go around and what seems like a loss of £5k right now will in a year or 2 be made up in efficiency and wisdom.

And through it and energy and determination will come back that has been somewhat drifting in the comfort of the recent time. Complacency does creep in, in times of abundance. I’m glad that I have determined to make Jesus Lord of our resources, only then can anyone really live a blessed life. It is the Lords blessing that I seek, in abundance or in lack.


The lyrics of my current favourite song ring true to me.

Steve Camp. Living Dangerously.

How easily Jesus is forgotten
Amid the comfort of my life
How the flames become a flicker
And faith a brilliant disguise
Oh, Sundays become a holiday
Prayer an empty exercise
And the cost of real devotion
Seems so foreign to my life

Oh, to gladly risk it all
Oh, to be faithful to His call
Abandoned to grace
But anchored in His love
Living dangerously in the hands of God
Our Lord, He is a hiding place
His hold is strong and sure
Though the storms may rage around me
In His love I stand secure
So let me live like I believe it
And though my faith is prone to fail
Though I cower under trial
By His grace, I shall prevail

Oh, to gladly risk it all
Oh, to be faithful to His call
Abandoned to grace
But anchored in His love
Living dangerously in the hands of God

There’s safety in complacency
But God is calling us out
Of our comfort zone into a life
Of complete surrender to the cross
To live dangerously
Is not to live recklessly but righteously
And it is because of God’s radical grace for us
That we can risk living a life
Of radical obedience for Him

You’ve got to walk on
For the Lord, He walks with us
You’ve got to walk on
Oh, though it costs you everything
You’ve got to pray on

For the eyes of the Lord
Move to and fro throughout the earth
That He may strongly support those
Whose hearts are completely His

Oh, to gladly risk it all
Oh, to be faithful to His call
Abandoned to grace
But anchored in His love
Living dangerously
Are you living dangerously
Oh, we ought to be living dangerously
In the hands of God

Are you living dangerously
In the hands of God

Wow… For the eyes of the Lord, Move to and fro throughout the earth, That He may, strongly support those, Whose hearts are completely His. What a promise – what a way to live and to live for God and to be touched by God in such a way. Wow!