Do you really believe?

So I've been having a bit of car trouble lately. I had an old Holden Ute. '82 Rodeo 4x4 Single Cab. Loved it, but it was time to move on. I needed more seats for youth group activities and I needed something cheaper to run. So I put it on the market and had a few bites. I then went out to the auctions and picked up a cheap '87 Ford Laser Ghia. I found out after buying it that it had done a head gasket so that's proved to be a bit difficult. I still had the ute at this time, quite confident in selling it. That didn't happen quite as I'd planned either... The gearbox got stuck in reverse one morning...and then after my mate fixed that for me...it happenend again 3 days later. BUT, God was working in mysterious ways because it was during this time that I sold it! I had more hassle getting the roadworthy certificate for it, and all this time I kept getting more and more frustrated! I was thinking...why is this happening, surely God can fix this for me! Surely God wants me to have a good, functioning car so that I can serve Him in it! It was driving me crazy, I was frustrated, annoyed, stressed and worried! So I'm driving to work last week on Monday, about a 30min drive and I'm arguing with God. I'm wondering why all this is happening, why as soon as it looks like everything's all sorted...something goes wrong again!
Then plain as day, God said to me..."Geoff, do you really believe what you're going to tell the youth on Friday night?" Hmmm! You see, that Friday I was speaking at Youth Group on giving your worries to God. Telling them that when their eyes are on Jesus, the storms in their lives don't matter as much. I know I believed it in the past but as I was preparing for this message, God had been preparing me for it as well! In my life at the time I was doubting the principle, I wasn't keeping my eyes on Jesus. I was holding onto the storm and worrying about it!

I learned my lesson. Thanks God! So I sold the ute, the Laser is at the mechanics getting fixed and a great friend loaned me his Callais while he is overseas this week. God had a plan, He knew what was going on the whole time!