Rebekah On A Mission

Give away your car. This subtle thought just kept nagging at me in the back of my mind. “What a crazy idea,” I would think to myself.

I was getting ready to go on my first ever solo camping trip. It wasn’t but 30 miles from home but I was anxious to get going. I had just spent the last 6 months in a missionary training school. So much had happened in such a short time. There’s something so very special about dedicating seasons of your life learning about God. I was so hungry for Him that I decided I was going to isolate myself in the woods with my tent and a Bible and try to make up for the years of living without reading the Word. I was hoping for a clearer vision on my path moving forward so I devoted 5 days of my time to praying and reading the Word in solitude.

I was learning about the generosity of the Lord at the time. I really struggled to see Him as my provider. I could understand that in theory but my heart didn’t trust it. Needless to say if He was asking me to partner with Him in His generosity by giving away my car, I was definitely skeptical. It sounds comical now to remember thinking, “Is that really you, God?” Hindsight is 20/20 in that everything is so much clearer to me now.

“But who would I even give the car to???” Immediately a picture of the couple that had graciously taken me into their home popped into my mind. Their generosity to house me and feed me was so selfless that it made sense that the Lord would ask me to honor them in this way. “But what about me?” One year no car. “Alright, Lord. Your will be done.” Two months later I was signing over the title of my brilliant blue Mini Cooper. It was a date I would never forget.

Over the course of the next year I was never without transportation when I needed it. My community was aware of my situation and without fail, multiple people would offer to take me to get groceries, go to church, and go to various other places as things came up. I was never without a ride when I needed one. Oftentimes, I would have multiple offers to choose from. The Lord was blessing me through the generosity of others

After about 6 months into my one year of waiting, someone allowed me to borrow a car for almost 4 months. It was so nice to finally have something that I could drive myself. After the 4 months were up, I was back to trusting the Lord to provide rides when I needed.

As the last month of my year without a car was nearing, I was reminded of the Lord’s promise to me. I looked in my phone calendar for the exact date. It was about a week away. “I wonder” I thought to myself, “How is God going to fulfill this promise?”

The week comes and goes and finally the day arrives. Truthfully I had forgotten all about it. With the business of the week and preparing for the first week of school, a car was the last thing on my mind. As I’m going through my normal routine, I get a phone call. Someone wanted to drop a car off to me that day! It was exactly the same day but a year later that I had signed over my car to someone else. God had honored his promise! Only He is capable of something like that!