March 31, 2009
HELP!!!!!!!!! Have you ever prayed a deep, guttural prayer that comes out of the pit of your stomach motivated by an overwhelming, paralyzing fear? Well, this was one of those.
Anne and I and our 2 “toddler” sons had recently left Winnipeg to move back to BC. I had been working with the Winnipeg Jets, who were now going to Phoenix. Anne and I believed that the Lord was leading us back to BC. I had spent a lot of time during my last year with the hockey club cultivating an employment opportunity with a Kelowna organization. They had indicated to me that they wanted to hire me to start a program I had presented to them. There were a few details to work out, but they were excited to bring me on. So, with faith in our hearts that the Lord was calling us to Kelowna, and the assurance of this organization that they were intending to hire me, we sold our home and shipped all our belongings to Kelowna. We headed to Langley for a few weeks to stay with Anne’s parents.
After we had been at Anne’s parent’s place for 4 weeks I got the call that the deal was off. I was gutted. Winded. Devastated. How could God let this happen? We were following Him – He was supposed to provide. I went for a desperate prayer walk with the Lord and prayed that gut honest one word prayer – help! I felt like we were the Israelites who had been led out of Egypt only to be trapped at the Red Sea, waiting to be slaughtered by Pharaoh’s economic army.
That’s when the Lord asked me, “Do you believe I can still part waters?”
I knew I had no option. I had to believe that He can still part waters, or we were dead. It was at that point that He told me to start my own company. Through lots of hard work and the faithfulness of God, MacLean Group has been a wonderful blessing for over 10 years. However, it all began with a belief that God still parts waters.
Do you believe that God can part the waters in your situation? He can. Believe and follow Him.
Exodus 14: 13, 14
“Moses answered the people, ‘Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the LORD will bring you today. The Egyptians you see today you will never see again. The LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still.'”
Strength and courage.
David