A
reminder for today
Some
time later, the LORD spoke to Abram in a vision and said to him, "Do not
be afraid, Abram, for I will protect you, and your reward will be great." Then
the LORD took Abram outside and said to him, "Look up into the sky and
count the stars if you can. That's how many descendants you will have!" (Genesis
15:1 and 5)
My time and God’s time – not the same time.
I thought I will go back to Abraham and just look at his
life and how God made a covenant with him that he kept in His own time. Let’s
do a quick review. God promised Abraham a child and that his descendants will
be as many as the stars. Now Abraham was a faithful man and trusted God
completely, yet his wife Sara said to him that they were old and this seemed
impossible (does that sound familiar). So she told Abraham to marry Hagar so
that she will give him a son (once again, we like to do it ourselves). So Abraham
did and Ishmael was born, but this was not God’s plan nor was it by His hand.
So in the end Abraham was a 100 years old when Isaac was
born to complete God’s promise. But then God asked him to sacrifice Isaac (Has
God ever asked you something that you hesitated to do, or that you ignored).
Abraham at this stage did as God commanded, because he knew God would either stop
him or bring Isaac back to life.
My dear friend, if you read the history behind Abraham
you will see many human weaknesses that we ourselves display every day. God has
a plan in your life and He will let it all fall into place when the time is
right. It is our own unfaithful ways that makes us do things on our own to rush
towards our goal and this ends up in disaster. In the end Abraham did not
question anymore. He knew who God was and out of fear and respect he did as God
commanded. There lies a great lesson in that where we first need to understand
who God is and this understanding will bring a new perspective in our lives. Knowing
who God is will automatically bring faith and trust into our relationship with
God.
It is easy to say that God is testing us and therefore we
are not yet where we need to be. That is not true, I believe that God is
preparing us for what lies ahead and whatever we face in life must not separate
us from God, but instead it should bring us closer to Him. In the end it will
all fall into place as God leads us to our destiny, and ultimately our destiny
is to be with Him and glorify His name.
I pray that you will journey towards your goal with trust
and faith and that you will not rush out of human error but that you will be
patient as God prepares you for great things, in Jesus name.
Have an awesome day, dear friend of Jesus.
Cheers