“Do what you can do and let God do the rest…”

In 1st Kings, Chapter 17, there is a story we are all familiar with… Elijah and the poor widow woman. Elijah has been at the brook Cherith due to famine. He has been getting water from the brook and the Lord provided ravens to come and bring food to him every day. But we all know the brook will dry up sometime in our life and the ravens will stop bringing food. Then, God provides another “door” to walk through.

This time, God does not send the prophet to a rich woman. In fact, he sends Elijah to a poor woman, who was on the verge of starvation! She and her son were at the point of death. In fact, she was about to “bake her last cake” so that she and her small son could eat it and then die of starvation. When Elijah, the prophet, comes to her door, he is “not bringing her anything!” In fact, he does such a bold thing and asks her to “bake him a cake.” Normally, you or I would have said, “You are asking me to bake a cake for you? Didn’t I just tell you that we are going to die?” But, instead, this precious woman bakes her last cake and gives it to Elijah. He eats it, and then he tells her what to do… Go find empty pots and bring all she can find. She does this! And God makes “the oil begin to flow!” She is told to sell the oil and take care of her and her son.

Instead of complaining and expecting God to do everything, she did all she could do and “she let God do the rest.” Today, if you have been praying and believing in God for that special thing, “do all you can do.” Then, let God do the rest!!! He loves to work miracles!!!

Sherry

Scattereth yet increases…

“There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty. The liberal soul shall be made fat; and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.” Proverbs 11:24 & 25

This is one of God’s formulas in his kingdom for success!

“Give, and it shall be given into you, good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.” Luke 6:38

This is another one of God’s formulas for success!

Bobby Burnette

Our sweet little Jasson (Jackson) is doing well. He has his up and downs. Jasson, as you may recall, was one of the children whom we found during a Mobile Clinic. This particular Mobile Clinic was in Savaan Pite, far in the mountains, where we had built a church and school.

Jasson was brought to our Mobile Clinic by his uncle. We immediately knew Jasson was in trouble… in fact, he was near death. The Kwashiorkor Malnutrition had already begun to affect his kidneys. His belly was extremely bloated, and his face had that “moon shape.”

When we brought him home, we did the best we could and sent him to our doctor. He immediately found a kidney specialist, in Port-au-Prince. It was tough getting Jasson back and forth to the kidney specialist, who had to put a port into his shoulder/neck area. The specialist was right in the middle of a lot of gangs in Haiti. It was really stressful for the driver, going back and forth.

We decided to take him to the Dominican Republic. We found a specialist, a pediatric specialist, for him. He was put on a special diet and many medications. They will keep Jasson on this until his next appointment in the Dominican Republic, this month.

We are buying a “pediatric dialysis machine,” so that we can have our people trained with this machine. The dialysis will be done at night while he is sleeping so that Jasson will have a relatively normal day. He really needs a miracle in his life. We are doing everything we can for Jasson. He is now 15, even though he looks younger. The doctor says that “he will never grow.” He will always be the same height, all his life, but, we know “the great Physician.” We love Jasson. He is quiet, sweet, and kind.

Sherry

“A Rich Man’s Last Chance.”

I thought about these scriptures many, many times, because I see this story every day here in the country of Haiti. The richest of the rich and the poorest of the poor. Two nights ago, I woke up in the middle of the night and thought long and hard about these scriptures and actually began to cry. What a picture.

There was a “certain rich man, who was dressed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day.” His whole life was built around himself. When the Bible says “He fared sumptuously every day,” it means that every day, three meals a day, he “feasted.” He had more food than he could eat. He didn’t just have a “hamburger once in a while,” but he had the best, biggest steak with everything, and more than he could possibly eat. He would sit there, shove food down his big belly, disgustingly, and look out his door, see that dirty beggar, right in front of his eyes… the beggar that “God placed in front of his eyes, every single day!”

Jesus tells us that Lazarus, a beggar, laid at his gate (someone had to carry him and put him there), and he was full of sores. He was poor, he smelled bad and the “dogs came and licked his sores.” That’s as low as you could get… but, he was so hungry that all he wanted was the “crumbs” that fell from the rich man’s table. This was “God giving the rich man, a chance to have a heart change,” but, nothing happened.

I don’t know who could possibly eat like that, three times a day, with more than enough, and look over at the beggar, and see the dogs licking his sores, and yet, he was only asking for the crumbs! It would have been so easy for the rich man to call one of his servants and say, “I can’t eat all this, take this to that poor hungry man.” Or, “Go find a physician and bring him here to take care of that man…” nothing.

I realized later, that God was giving the “rich man,” one last chance to give up his riches, and bless the poor, and have a “heart change” so that, when he would die, heaven would become his home, too… The Lord doesn’t care if you possess great riches. He only cares if the riches “possess you.”

Always be in tune with the Holy Spirit for your change each day, to give and be blessed. It could be the poor in line at the grocery store, counting her pennies to pay for her food. You could easily put it on your credit card! Always be that one, who wants to be “on the giving end,” and God will bless you!

Sherry