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knowledge of God filling every chamber
with precious and pleasant riches."
When the situation looked impossible,
I would hang on to that scripture.
e devil would say things like, "You
sure can't ever have a new house now."
"Whoever heard of paying cash for a
house?" "How could you ever get the
money?" But I had also found another
scripture: "And God is able to make all
grace (every favor and earthly blessing)
come to you in abundance, so that you
may always and under all circumstances
and whatever the need be self-sufficient
[possessing enough to require no aid
or support and furnished in abundance
for every good work and charitable
donation]" (2 Corinthians 9:8, AMPC).
Because of this scripture I could say in
faith, "God is able! I don't have to know
how He will get our new house. All I
have to do is trust that He is able, and He
will do it."
For a long time it looked as if there
was no way we could ever own a house.
Until our decision to "get out and stay
out" of debt, we had borrowed money
for ever y thing we bought. In the
natural, paying cash for a home seemed
so impossible.
But I kept confessing, "God is able.
I see my house f illed with precious
r iches! " I d idn't g ive up. In t he
meantime God provided us a good place
to live, but it wasn't ours.
Well, it took patience to stand in faith
for that house. It didn't happen in a year.
It didn't happen in two years. But after
six years of growing in the wisdom and
knowledge of God, we purchased our
first home—with cash!
The first house took six years. The
next house (principal residence) took
three weeks (1980). At this writing
we are preparing to build our dream
home. Before the plans were finished,
the money was there. GLORY TO
GOD—HE IS ABLE!
For over 30 years this home has been
prepared by faith in the Word of God
and by sowing seed for it with words and
money. Harvest time is here!
We didn't go from a little rented
house to a dream home in one step.
originally published December 1998
