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You Have Everything You Need

In the opening scene of my new ballet documentary, I answer a question from the audience about how to find courage to step out in faith. I said:

"I’ve been encouraged over the years that you have everything you need to do everything God wants you to do… Of course, He provides for the birds of the air, but He doesn’t throw the food into the nest. They still have to get up early in the morning and go find it."

What do you need today? I pray that as you read these words today, God will give you a clear picture that you really do haveeverything you need to do all that He has put on your heart to do, and that He will show you how to gather it up and step out in faith, too.

To encourage you in this regard, I’d like to share a very recent answer to prayer about how God has provided everything I’ve needed for the filming of this new movie.

I heard from a banker friend years ago that the happiest people he knows are those who have "just enough." Too much and they worry about losing it, too little and they worry about how to get more. But those who have just enough, he said, seem to be the happiest people of all! I have to say I fully agree!

Sixteen months ago, I began praying and asking that God would provide everything we needed to make this movie. During that time, 100 people donated $18,091 towards our budget of $25,000. We released the movie just in time for Christmas on December 18, 2020, and it’s already had over 1,900 views. But there was still more God wanted to do.

Ten days ago, I released a "documentary" version of the ballet, something we had planned to do from the beginning, but we weren’t able to finish until now. It features scenes from the ballet interspersed with engaging interviews with the dancers and creators. I posted it on YouTube on March 20th, and I am thrilled that it has already been seen by many as well.

Then came the kicker: a friend asked me last week if I had received everything I needed for the movie yet, so I went to my GoFundMe page to see exactly how much was left to reach our goal. I launched my calculator and found I still needed $6,909.

I thought… that number sounds familiar. I remembered I had something like that in my ministry’s bank account when I balanced it just a few days earlier. I looked at my account and saw that I had exactly $6,909.88! It was everything I needed, with 88 cents left over to apply to a future project! :)

I felt God say to me, "Eric, you have just enough." And I remembered what my banker friend said, once again, that the happiest people he knew were those who have just enough. I agree! And even better, I agree that God really does provide everything we need to do everything He puts on our hearts to do.

Here’s a screen shot of my calculations when I discovered I had reached my goal. In looking at my records, the amount I needed "happened" to come in just two days before I launched the documentary online… the final piece of the project.

By faith, we kept going forward. And by God’s faithfulness, He brought in everything we needed. Hallelujah!

And that’s just the miracle on MY side of things. The bigger miracle is that God can now use these projects to reach many, many people for Christ, all around the world, with His life-changing message.

If you need a boost in your faith this Easter, I hope you’ll watch this show. It’s fun, it’s free, and it clearly points you to Jesus every step of the way, that He really does have everything you need, because everything you need comes from Him.

As Jesus said:

“Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear… Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them…

"So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ … your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well." (from Matthew 6:25-33)

Here’s the link where you can watch One Life: A Ballet Documentary.

P.S. For those who were praying for me this past weekend at the Faith & Family Chicago Film Festival, I wanted to let you know that our projects took home three awards!!!