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“One Act of Obedience”
I had to go back into the archives for this story of God’s Goodness today!
I was fresh out of jail maybe a year or two.
My wife and I had only been married for a short while.
One day, the Lord placed upon my heart to go and clean, organize, and paint my dad’s garage floor.
My dad and I had not been close since my incarceration - after all I was a very bad dude and I am not sure if everyone believed that I had actually changed :)
I told my wife what the Lord said and she agreed.
I spent a few hours organizing his garage, cleaning it all out and then I sealed and painted his floor with that epoxy coating sealer and sparkles that make it look all fancy.
This entire time my dad was in bed.
After several hours he came out into the garage to see what all the commotion was.
He was so moved! He cried. He told me that he had been wanting to do this for quite some time! Of course, by now I am crying, so thankful to have listened to the Lord!
My dad had just made a big sale on some properties that I was unaware of. He went inside and cut me a check - he gave me a portion of what he made!
I had no idea this was going to
happen, nor did I do it for money, I was just simply obeying the Lord and motivated by love :)
After we parted ways, I went and told Mitzi everything that happened - she was super excited.
We took the money and went and gave it to my probation officer to catch up on my fees.
I was on 12 years' worth of probation at the time! I had to go in every month and check-in and I wasn’t able to leave the state, etc.
She (my probation officer) was so moved that I would do that, she wrote the judge who had sentenced me and told him what had happened.
He was so moved that he decided to rework my sentence and declared “time served” on my case!!!
This meant that I was no longer on probation! I still had years left and in a moment it was erased!
I couldn’t believe it - that one act of obedience to the Lord had brought all this about!
Ephesians 3:20 says He is able to do exceedingly, abundantly, above all we could ask or think according to the power working in us!
He is a good God and He is faithful!
The times I am overwhelmed or discouraged, I am so thankful for the Word of God!
It has been a Rock in my life!
I am also so blessed to have my wife in my life! She has been with me through so much and she is my constant, my best friend! ❤️
Listen, We certainly don’t want to live in the past or dwell on the past, but its good to look back upon the memorials of victories in our lives and see what the Lord has done for us!
If He did it then, He will do it again!
Remember: What you make happen for others, God will make happen for you!
In Christ,
Joshua Scott Zeitz
“For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so also by one Man’s obedience many will be made righteous.”
Romans 5:19 NKJV
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By Joshua Scott Zeitz“One Act of Obedience”
I had to go back into the archives for this story of God’s Goodness today!
I was fresh out of jail maybe a year or two.
My wife and I had only been married for a short while.
One day, the Lord placed upon my heart to go and clean, organize, and paint my dad’s garage floor.
My dad and I had not been close since my incarceration - after all I was a very bad dude and I am not sure if everyone believed that I had actually changed :)
I told my wife what the Lord said and she agreed.
I spent a few hours organizing his garage, cleaning it all out and then I sealed and painted his floor with that epoxy coating sealer and sparkles that make it look all fancy.
This entire time my dad was in bed.
After several hours he came out into the garage to see what all the commotion was.
He was so moved! He cried. He told me that he had been wanting to do this for quite some time! Of course, by now I am crying, so thankful to have listened to the Lord!
My dad had just made a big sale on some properties that I was unaware of. He went inside and cut me a check - he gave me a portion of what he made!
I had no idea this was going to
happen, nor did I do it for money, I was just simply obeying the Lord and motivated by love :)
After we parted ways, I went and told Mitzi everything that happened - she was super excited.
We took the money and went and gave it to my probation officer to catch up on my fees.
I was on 12 years' worth of probation at the time! I had to go in every month and check-in and I wasn’t able to leave the state, etc.
She (my probation officer) was so moved that I would do that, she wrote the judge who had sentenced me and told him what had happened.
He was so moved that he decided to rework my sentence and declared “time served” on my case!!!
This meant that I was no longer on probation! I still had years left and in a moment it was erased!
I couldn’t believe it - that one act of obedience to the Lord had brought all this about!
Ephesians 3:20 says He is able to do exceedingly, abundantly, above all we could ask or think according to the power working in us!
He is a good God and He is faithful!
The times I am overwhelmed or discouraged, I am so thankful for the Word of God!
It has been a Rock in my life!
I am also so blessed to have my wife in my life! She has been with me through so much and she is my constant, my best friend! ❤️
Listen, We certainly don’t want to live in the past or dwell on the past, but its good to look back upon the memorials of victories in our lives and see what the Lord has done for us!
If He did it then, He will do it again!
Remember: What you make happen for others, God will make happen for you!
In Christ,
Joshua Scott Zeitz
“For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so also by one Man’s obedience many will be made righteous.”
Romans 5:19 NKJV