How I Learned to Trust in the Lord

One winter day I was on my way to church when I noticed with great distress the familiar blue flashing lights of a police car behind me. I was being pulled over! I am embarrassed to admit that I was driving around in an uninspected vehicle and I knew what was to follow would not be pleasant. You might be wondering what I was doing driving in such a state. I knew it was illegal to do so and yet there I was.

The truth is, I had found myself in a very poor state financially and I could not get my car inspected because it needed to be fixed. I did not have the money to get it fixed and not knowing what else to do, I kept driving it hoping that I could get away with it just long enough to save up the money I needed for the repairs.

On this cold Sunday morning, my time it seems, had run out. My car was impounded and the tow-truck driver was kind enough to drop me off at church. He laughed as he remarked that he had dropped people off in a lot of different places before, but he had never been asked for a ride to church! I felt rather ashamed because I should never have been in a situation where he would be my ride to the house of God.

Later, when I got alone with God and truly repented for having done something that I knew was unlawful I felt God very clearly speak two things into my spirit. I had gotten myself into this situation because I had too much pride to ask for help and because I hadn’t trusted the Lord to take care of my needs. I hated to admit it, but it was true. I cried out to the Lord to help me and I thanked Him for humbling me. I admitted that I didn’t really know how to fully put my trust in anyone, even Him. Ouch. This is God Almighty, the one who spoke the world into existence, calls me by name, knows every hair on my head and loved me enough to die for me and I am having trouble putting my trust in Him?!? I was broken at the thought. I begged God to show me how to trust him. The scripture, “you have not because you ask not” came to mind. At first I didn’t see the connection between this scripture and trusting God, but I said “okay God, even though I have messed up and made a terrible mistake, I am going to trust you to fix it.” I asked Him to make a way for me to get my car back and to have it repaired.

One of the sisters from the church paid for me to get the car out of the impound. Another sister stepped right in to give me rides to and from church during the time it took before the car was totally street legal again. Then miraculously, I received two very unexpected checks in the mail. One was from a family member who said he just felt like blessing me. He had never done anything like that before! The second was from an old friend who had owed me money for so long I had long since forgotten about it. She had no idea that I was in need, she just sent it. The two checks together totaled $600.00. When all the repairs on my car were completed and I was finally able to get it inspected, the total cost came to $599.38! Thank you Jesus! Not one cent of that repair came from my own pocket! When I put my trust in Him he took care of every little detail. I thank God that he “chastises those he loves” because I learned an invaluable lesson through it!