Jehovah Jireh "the God who sees you and provides"

Let me tell you how our God was watching out for me yesterday morning.

A little background:

Everyone complains about being in group projects where their group members do nothing, forcing them to have to do all the work. I’d never had this experience in college (although usually pulled a little more weight) until this semester, my last semester of college and my last group project.

In my social media strategies and tactics class (yes, they now offer social media classes in college) we were assigned a semester-long group project that counts as our final grade. Our assignment was to do all social media for a local non-profit all semester, keep track of analytics, see what tactics work and what fails, then write up a social media guide for the organization to present in front of our class and our client. We were able to put into practice what we've learned. 

Long story short – my two partners’ input for this social media guide was maybe three pages worth, combined, and that is being generous. I had to edit their work as well as write the remainder of the 18-page social media guide. I worked on writing and formatting this guide for a number of days because I didn’t want to give our client work that was sub-par. And I did it all myself. 

I told my partners that since I wrote the guide, printed out numerous copies, and purchased binders to encase them, that it was up to them to make the PowerPoint for our presentation. One guy didn’t respond, and the other decided a PowerPoint was optional.

Monday morning I get to class to find out we don’t have a PowerPoint presentation.

Our group was assigned to go last, so we sat through four other groups’ presentations prior to presenting ours. Halfway through the third group’s presentation the power goes out.

The power goes out in the entire building.

Okay, let me repeat that again, Y’ALL THE POWER GOES OUT IN THE ENTIRE BUILDING!!!!

Our professor ran out of the room to try to figure out what was going on, and when he returned he tells us that the cause is from somewhere off campus so we can’t do anything about it.

I sat there in shock.

I suggested that the group could still finish their presentation without their PowerPoint in the background (wink), so our professor agreed and the group continued. The fourth group then stood up and presented their material without their PowerPoint in the background as well.

Halfway through their presentation I realized what was happening - the power was out so it was literally impossible for anyone to present with a PowerPoint. Tears welled up in my eyes. This stirred in my heart so much love for our Lord.

My group stood up, presenting when it was our turn, and it went off without a hitch. Our professor has no idea if we had a PowerPoint or not, and my other group members' lack of input won’t end up affecting my final grade.

The God I serve saw my faithfulness and hard work and He provided for me in a way no one else could.

Y’ALL THE POWER WENT OUT IN THE ENTIRE BUILDING. That doesn’t just happen, and has never happened in the seven semesters I’ve attended classes in that building.

God is so good. He is Jehovah Jireh, the God who sees you and provides.

xoRO