At this moment in life
GOD has blessed me, filled me with so much grace, shown me His wonders that I
am Awestruck and fall on my knees as I humbly
proclaim that He is an amazing God.
It was July, 2017. My
son Levi had recently started crawling. He just turned 7 months. Jasmine my
wife and I, praised GOD for blessing us and making our family from 2 people to
3. Although our apartment was centrally located and good enough, we felt that a
little more space would give Levi more play area. Also, we were paying rent and
our apartment wasn’t the most comfortable. One of our many desires was to buy
our own property, but we never worked on the idea mainly because of financial
circumstances; we hadn’t saved a big deal of money. After speaking with many friends &
colleagues we decided to start saving money for the next 2 to 3 years for a
down payment and then buy an apartment. The plan looked nice but we didn’t
realize it then that we weren’t putting our faith on GOD rather on our own work
and money.
Every Sunday when we
went to church, we would drive along a beautiful set of buildings and
every-time we passed by them, Jasmine used to say how nice it would be if we
could buy an apartment in this place. And without putting much thought I would
laugh and always say, this is only for millionaires Honey and moved on. I mean
sometimes we are so busy attending church that we forget to put into action
what we hear at church. Even though every Christian knows that GOD created the
whole universe with just His words, at times we forget it.
To be honest, when
Jasmine was talking about buying our own house, I was really laughing it out.
Well honestly for some reason it never occurred to me that we have an awesome
GOD and for Him nothing is impossible. The first feeling which came to me was
faithlessness, I mean I have always been a Christian, active at church,
witnessed many miracles and GODs guidance. But still it seemed I lacked faith.
I didn’t know why I didn’t have faith, but after this entire episode I have
learnt to bring GOD and take GODs support for everything in my life. In a way,
this was another faith building exercise in my life, not only for me but the
entire family.
Sometime later Jasmine
convinced me to give house hunting a try just for the sake of experience. I did
try searching and it seemed that I was always late. Whenever we found a nice
place it was always taken, reserved or sold off. Jasmine in the meantime found a house just
close to where we were already living and it was exactly in the same area which
she liked. And somehow, she managed to get the first appointment to the house.
We visited the house sometime in September and we instantly liked the house. To
our surprise, we found out the seller was a colleague of mine. From the
beginning, we always had faith that in all our decisions GOD will lead us. We
never had confusion in any major decisions in our life, also in this case we
always put the faith in GOD.
After seeing my
colleague and feeling that we liked the apartment. We spoke with the house
agent saying that we liked the house and what about the next steps. The first
thing she said that it was free for us to reserve the apartment and if we did
so she would cancel all the following appointments. We thought about it, said a
quick prayer and said yes. The next big
thing she said was about the agent fee, she said that it will be paid by the
seller. We were again shocked, because
this is a big amount. 6% of the total price of the apartment nearly 18500 EUR
(13.5 Lakh). This never happens in Germany where the seller agrees to pay the
agent fee. It is a big saving as it will obviously not be covered by the bank
hence and should come from one’s saving.
We were praising GOD
in our hearts for such grace and love. I explained to the agent our situation
that financially we are not ready for this commitment. We don’t have any saving
and probably will not be able to pay anything for the house. She thought about it again and mentioned that
there is somebody in the bank who might be able to help us. After thanking GOD
for helping us in this stage we left from there. I received the appointment to
the bank on the following Tuesday. The first thing we did when we came back
home was pray. We thanked the Lord for giving us the very same location that
Jasmine always desired to live. We never imagined we would come this far into
the process of buying the house.
When it was time to
arrange the finance for the house, we were stressed out, spending sleepless
nights. But on one side GOD was slowly building our faith. Revealing that it
was He who created the universe with just His words and that every situation was
under control. GOD was strengthening and encouraging us to try Him. Many times
we don’t give the opportunity to GOD to work a miracle in our lives and this
was a perfect opportunity which GOD brought in our lives to touch our hearts
and show His wonders.
And when it was time
for me to go to the bank, it almost felt like I was entering an examination
hall, there was just so much pressure I felt. But by GOD's grace, I could hear a
slight whisper in my ears from GOD saying “I’m there for you” and so this kept
me going. I could feel Him whisper to me again, “did I ever give up on you”
Every time we prayed
before an appointment with the Bank manager we really felt that GOD is going to
do a miracle. He performs wonders that cannot be fathomed, miracles that cannot
be counted.More than that we really felt the love of GOD in our prayers. He loves
us so much that He let His only son die for us so that we could have a
relationship with Him. We really felt so much grace and we promised ourselves
that we would always share these miracles and experiences to glorify our
FATHER’s name.
I went to the bank and
sat beside the bank manager. I was so stressed. When it was my turn to talk, I
explained my situation that I did not have any money, even 1 EURO to spend on
this house, all we have is GOD's grace and a desire to move into the house. He
listened to me patiently and took about 10 minutes to check in the computer. In
the end, he said “your loan is ready and you can sign it”. within 15 minutes
GOD made a way to pay 100% for the housing loan. 6 % for the tax and 2% for the
notary, summing up to 300,000 EURs (2.2 Crore Rupees). I signed immediately but
couldn’t stop praising GOD. I’ve never heard anywhere in the world a bank will
give the full housing loan but also additional money for the taxes and
registration fees. Don Moen’s song “GOD will make a way when there seems to be
no way” came to my mind.
If we think about it,
we got a house, without paying the agent, without paying the seller, without
paying the tax and without paying the registration fees from our hands but the
bank paid it all. It was as if GOD just invited us into our own house for free.
All the time we were so amazed and awestruck with GOD's miracles and His love. I
always knew I was serving a miraculous GOD but never actually imagined that it
will happen right in front of my eyes. I would like to encourage everybody to
try GOD and feel GOD's amazing love, He really is an amazing father taking care
of us. Even if we have good earthly fathers how much more care and love should
we expect from our Heavenly Father who is pure and holy.
After signing the bank
and house contract, we testified at church about GOD's amazing grace. All
through the next steps GOD was with us, even though there were delays here and
there, we gained a lot of faith along the way. GOD will always make a way for
us and we just need to trust GOD till the end.
Although now after settling in our
new place, we feel so much peace and grace. During the process, I can easily
say there were times when we felt, it would have been better for us to just
stick to how we used to live. It was so much hard work for us mentally and
physically, to do all the arrangements on our own. This thought came to us so
many times, but GOD always reminded that He had bigger plans for us and that He
will always lift us up to overcome the hurdles in between. I can imagine this
will always happen to every child of GOD, when a huge blessing is on its way.
Many times in the
middle of the process there would suddenly come a barrier or a delay which was
totally unexplainable out of no-where, e.g. the bank process gets delayed
because the man responsible is on vacation. But GOD gave us the wisdom to pray in Jesus name and brake all the
barriers. Praise GOD that the name of Jesus is above all names.
When we think about
how GOD brought us to a foreign country, settled us here gave our own land and
home. He lifted us up amidst the local people in a foreign country. We want to
give all glory to our GOD alone for He is an amazing GOD.
Praise GOD.
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