I had the opportunity recently to fellowship with a wonderful individual from our church, a Godly woman who has been through a great deal. We discussed the things in our lives in which we have had to wait. Months and sometimes years pass as we wait on something we know God has shown us. We wait on promises, on provision, on healing, believing that we will see it come to fruition. We try not to become discouraged as time seems to drag on. We try not to doubt but we grow weary and we start listening to the voices that lie to us about our blessing. We start to wonder what we could have done wrong in order to miss the blessing. We wonder what we need to do to open the door for it to finally come about. We sometimes start to make plans, “just in case” plans, or “what if” plans. What if we didn’t hear God right, what if we missed it, what if our timing is off, maybe we should try this other way “just in case” that is not what God meant.
Faith is not enough to get through; you have to couple faith with trust. “Trust in the Lord with all of your heart, lean not on your own understanding.” We have to trust that what God said is His very word and since He cannot lie it will happen. We can examine the promise we feel that God gave us and if it doesn't contradict the Word of God than we can rest in knowing that what God promised He will supply.
I had been feeling like the waiting was just becoming too much but what is my waiting compared to that of Abraham and Sara or Joshua and Caleb or Joseph or Moses or Job. We have to hold on to God's promises and trust Him. Trust that He will always bring His promises to manifestation.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OA3MSqufJP4&feature=related
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