Ghana Rock has a large goal this year. We want to rescue 18 child slaves and put them safely into the City of Refuge safe house for one year. Amazing, right? What continues to stress me out and be on my mind is the cost of doing that. $50,400. Seriously. I can’t even comprehend that number, or visualize that much money. I am someone who thinks I’m rich when I have a full tank of gas, and enough money for Starbucks.
Then I think about how big God is. In Romans 11:33-35 Paul sings, “Oh, the depths of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgements and how inscrutable his ways! For who has known the mind of the Lord, or who has been His counselor? Or who has given a gift to Him that He might be repaid?” I say sing, because Paul wrote a doxology which basically means words of glory. I can’t even read this without some sort of melody going with it. I would like to think Paul had vocals like Kristian Stanfill's to go along with these lyrics. It is a beautiful passage because when you look closely at what Paul is saying your mind is blown by who our God is. Paul is saying, no one can tell God what He can do, no one can help God, and no one is going to understand God, because He is that big and that powerful. Crazy, right? Suddenly my riches of Starbucks and gas seem really small, and my life and my accomplishments appear itty-bitty compared to our God.
But Paul isn't even done. At the end of this passage in verse 36 he says, “For from Him, and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be the glory forever. Amen.” From God is where that $50,400 is going to come from, and through God is how we’re going to raise it and rescue 18 child slaves. and the glory is going to go to Him. Forever. I love how Paul ends that statement with an “amen” it’s like he is telling us, you can’t argue with this, so I am going to go ahead and stop you now. Amen.
So with that, I am going to keep trusting Him to provide the money for those kids.
To Him be the glory forever. Amen.
-Mads
