GOD'S TIMING We develop "timelines" that we reason are appropriate for how and when God should act in our circumstances. We forget that we are not God and that He alone IS. We want God to anoint our five-year-plan because we believe we have figured out what needs to happen and how it will work and what the results will look like. We forget that we don't even know what tomorrow will bring. He alone does and has made provision in it for us. God speaks to us through His Word by the Holy Spirit. We can receive His promise believing the promise because of Who the Promiser is. Then, sadly too often, we try, using finite human reasoning, to determine how we should interpret God's promises based on what we want and how we want it. We want a road map that we can follow without having to really check back with Him when God gives us Himself. He wants us to trust Him, not because we seem to have clarity at the moment, but because He is God and He loves us. Abram had been pr...
WHAT I CAN SEE What I can see just now or what I have in my hands at this moment are NOT the indicators of God's ability or His commitment to care for me, to supply all my needs according to His riches in Christ Jesus. My trust and confidence are in Who God is, in His promises and faithfulness. Do I trust Him, or merely in what I can see?