Anybody ever tried to “fight” with the Lord? I found myself attempting that this morning, and of course I lost because you can’t fight him.

So, on the way to church this morning I grabbed my coffee and realized after paying that I only had six dollars left…. I get a five dollar coffee almost daily and the work week is about to begin!

So right away I hear God speaking over me saying he’s asked me invest in my home. Now, I’ve been attending this church for years. 9 to be exact, but I didn’t fully accept the church as my home for a long time…9 years to be exact.

And there I was arguing with him the rest of the drive. Trying to reason with him as to why I can’t give my last six dollars to to the church. When I pulled into the church parking lot I kept my purse in the car and left that six dollars there. Like well, for sure I can’t give the six dollars now….I don’t have my purse with me.

I say the declaration. Declaring things that I didn’t fully trust, obviously. But again, God pushes me to give. The whole entire service I was working to convince the man upstairs that the six dollars is all I have!

Service ends, and I rush out to the car. Clearly having lost the argument, grab my last six dollars, and hand it to one of the ushers.

So there I am..giving in and praying the whole way home that God is going to multiply what I gave (my silly 6.00) and believing that because I did as he asked (even through all that hesitation) he’s going to bless me. Because, coffee is a blessing in my book!

I get home, tell my parents “guys I was holding onto six dollars…how sad is that” tell them about the whole ordeal…and my mom walks in ten minutes later with a gift card to Dutch Bros for 30.00. Is this real life?!!! I have a week of coffee provided to me. God is so good, and so is my sweet mom.

I learned something about myself through this experience. I learned that my faith is weak, but God will pursue me anyway. My faith is weak, but God will test me anyway. My faith is weak but I had faith enough to ultimately say yes to what he spoke to me and  he so quickly lavished me with his blessings. So I challenge you to say yes to God this week even in a moment of hesitation.