I put up this post on my Instagram feed recently:
I didn’t realise I would be tested in this a few hours later and that I would get a supernatural response.
So here’s what happened.
I noticed that one of the front tyres of my car looked flat a few days ago and my neighbor confirmed it as well.
Usually when things like this happen, I get my husband to look into it. Unfortunately this time around he was not in town so I had to find a solution. I went to one of the gas stations to put some air into the tyre but for the life of me I couldn’t figure out if I did it right or not. The tyre kinda looked alright to me but I wasn’t convinced. I left to pick up Bionic and Prof J at school then drove back home.
The following morning, the tyre definitely looked flat! I stopped by another gas station and tired to put air into the tyre…this time I had to pay for air. I couldn’t figure it out and there was no one around to help. Argh!
By now we were already running late for school and I left feeling anxious.
“How on earth am I going to fix this. I can’t keep driving around with a tyre that is loosing air by the minute, what if the tyre bursts and I have an accident…oh God!“.
Bionic and Prof J were reciting their memory verses as they always do but my mind was far away filled with worry. I hardly heard them.
After dropping them off at school, I sat down in my car wondering what to do. This was when I remembered my instagram post and I sent a quick SOS prayer to Abba asking him for a solution.
Almost immediately I felt led to google “free tyre check”. I found a car centre near my house that did it. I was like “wow”- I didn’t know this existed.
With this centre I had to book an appointment to get my tyres checked and the earliest day was the following day. Oh dear! this means I would have to pick the children from school with a flat tyre. I started getting anxious again and asked God to protect us and not get stopped by the police!
A few minutes later just before I reached home, I heard an ad on premier praise radio station (which I listen to regularly) that another car centre was doing free drive in tyre pressure checks! What! for real??!
As soon as I parked my car, I checked to see if the car centre had a branch near me. Lo and behold there was one!
Now this was shocking for a few reasons:
- I had never heard this ad on the radio before and I had been listening to premier praise radio for a few weeks now
- The ad came on air just when I needed it. God-incidence.
As I drove to the car centre, I sent another pray to Abba asking that there be no queue and that it would be a seamless & easy process . No issues with any of the tyres where I won’t have to pay anything extra. Buying a new tyre was certainly not in my budget.
I got there and there was no queue. All tyres were checked and all adjusted to the correct pressure number. Easy peasy!
I was so dazed! I left, whispering “thank you Abba, thank you for sending me an immediate solution.”
This experience reinforced a few things I already knew but needed to remember:
- Abba truly cares about everything- small, medium, big problems. He cares!
- Instead of lamenting, ask Him for help! He is our very present help in times of trouble
- When He comes through on the “little” things, it reassures me that He is also working on the “bigger” problems and in due time all will be ok.
- Abba loves me!
I am so grateful I live in a country where I can get my tyres checked for free and for the help of the Holy spirit.
I hope my testimony encourages you to call on Abba every time you need help.
