Looking to the Lord for solutions
Taste … and see that the Lord is good. (Ps 34:8)
It is clear from the Bible that God is pleased when his servants respond in faith. Sometimes that belief is expressed by looking for solutions where there doesn’t seem to be any.
Katka Vlnova is Czech, but she is spending her entire summer in Romania, leading a team of interns who are sharing the gospel through English camps. One of the events was located at a remote site high up in the mountains. They rented a bus to take the young people from the train station to the camp location, but when the bus driver saw the state of the small dirt roads he refused to continue. 
Tudor, the Romanian camp director, met with Katka and prayed for an answer to their dilemma. Then they began in faith to think about creative solutions. In the end they found a dump truck driver who would change his plans, and piled 30 people with luggage into the back of his truck. The group had to balance themselves in the rocking vehicle for two hours, but all arrived safe and sound at the camp. It was an adventure few of them will forget!
Mike Sullivan was faced with the possibility that he might have to cancel two camps in Slovakia. Because of the economic crisis in the States, several churches backed out at the last minute, leaving them with no staff for the first session. It would have been easy to just stop these evangelistic activities. Mike believed, however, that God had another plan and begin to pray for an answer.
Soon he found that several friends of JV had frequent flyer miles built up and could spend part of their vacation serving the Lord in Slovakia. Others paid for the tickets on their own. Piecing a team together of “random travelers” Mike was able to keep the camps from being canceled. The best news is that 5 put their faith in Christ!
A good gardener knows that pruning is essential to maximize fruit. For God’s servants, unexpected crisis can seem like an unpleasant setback.Externally imposed limitations, however, often focus our energy into a posture of dependence and acts of faith that actually increase our fruit.
