Alright, it’s time for part three.
If you haven’t read part one or two of my testimony, I highly suggest that you read them before you read this one, as this is the third part. For those of you who know me, you know that I recently finished University. I will therefore, take the time to tell you all that post-secondary education is generally expensive. Books, transportation, food comes before one even mentions tuition, amongst the many things that you have to pay for to survive in this crazy world. To survive, many of us have to take loans. I was one of them. After a full year of studying full-time while also teaching full-time, I can say that I have finished University and that I have also finished my student loans. This will not be a testimony where I talk about financial freedom. While others could talk about how they were savvy with their money, explaining why they are free, I wasn’t savvy. I was blessed by a Father who loves me and wants to see me, and all of His children, free. All I want to talk about is freedom. For the Father never wanted His children to be slaves, but His servants. His servant Paul writes to the Galatians that “For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.” (Galatians 5:1). But why does God want us free? I believe that the answer comes from the beginning of the book of Exodus. The people speaking are Moses and Aaron, as they try to convince the Pharaoh to let the Israelites go. They say: ““The God of the Hebrews has met with us. We ask of you, let us travel into the desert three days, to give a gift on an altar in worship to the Lord our God. Or He may send death to us by disease or by the sword.” (Exodus 5:3). Simply put, by reading this passage, we see that God, the Father, wants us to be free, for to be free allows us to glorify and worship Him. I will now be able to worship Him financially, whether it be by more offerings, or tithing more. Not because I want something in return, but because I want to praise Him for who He is. Maybe your situation isn’t inherently financial like mine was. Maybe it’s your health. Maybe it’s your job. Maybe it’s your family. Maybe it’s your mental health. I pray that the Father, creator and liberator, frees you from any captivity that you may be in, so that you may praise Him. Let us all scream Hallelujah! Eli
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