My passport expired last month and I took the step to get it renewed this past week. Unfortunately, I forgot to get one of the required documents and decided to take time and set everything in order before I returned to the immigration offices. As I left the place and headed to the Railways bus station, I had sudden hunger pangs. A quick glance at my watch showed that the time was close to 2pm, lunch time! I thought of what to eat and decided to settle on…….nothing. I thought I would skip lunch and focus on what God had done in my life in the recent weeks. I was not praying or asking Him for anything...I simply wanted to see what He had done for me.
I was pleasantly surprised by what I realized. I had not been ill for a while, I had not slept hungry even once, I always had somewhere comfortable to sleep, I never lacked good friends around me and I had the great privilege of sharing His Word with primary and secondary school students and two churches. I had been part of a team that had reached over 12,000 pupils and students and seen over 5000 of them making the decision ot accept Jesus into their lives. I always managed to pay my rent, somehow, with lots of help from my brother Fred, and I always had the opportunity to be a blessing to those who needed a word of encouragement.
It has been a long time since I skipped a meal to feed my spirit and it was worth every second of it. I had a light snack later on and after a football training session went ahead to eat pizza at Diguna.
We tend to complain so many times whereas God would much rather have us praising Him and thanking Him for what He has already done and given. It is perhaps a human reflex to complain instead of compliment and yet there are some who are worse off than we already are. I am learning to be thankful, now more so even in the hard times. What are you complaining about, or worrying about? Is it something that you have committed to God?
If no, what are you waiting for? If yes, why do you worry when you have given it to the All-Powerful, All-Able God?
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