Title: What Are You Going to Do in 2015?
Text:
Hebrews 11:8 (HCSB)
By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed and went out to a place he was going to receive as an inheritance. He went out, not knowing where he was going.
Observation:
When I read this verse a few days ago it struck a responsive chord in my heart. It reminded me of how in a much smaller fashion I have had this happen in my life over most of the course of my whole life. Then I read this in a recent Oswald Chambers devotional.
"In the beginning you may see clearly what God's will is." He then names several examples; but, you can supply your own here. Then he goes on to say, "That something you feel distinctly before God is His will for you to do, never do it on the impulse of that feeling. If you do, you will end in making difficulties that will take years of time to put right. Wait for God's time to bring it round and He will do it without any heartbreak or disappointment. When it is a question of the providential will of God, wait for God to move."
The promise of the Word of God is that He rewards our faith rather than our feelings. We need to learn, and this comes from living in the presence of God daily, the value He places in the faith and obedience of His people. We need to learn to say when we can't see His hand that we can trust His love for us and His heart. I have found that we can also trust His timing; He is an on time God.
Hebrews 11:6 (HCSB)
Now without faith it is impossible to please God, for the one who draws near to Him must believe that He exists and rewards those who seek Him.
Prayer:
Father God, I believe in You; help thou my unbelief. Father God, I don't know what I will do or what I will face, but I have faith in what You can do, and will do in me and through me when I live in Your presence, and wait for You to move. In the mighty name of Jesus I pray, Amen.
Psalm 31:15a (ESV)
My times are in your hand.
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Matthew 4:4 (HCSB)
4 But He answered, "It is written: Man must not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of God."
Psalm 2:8 (HCSB)
8 Ask of Me, and I will make the nations Your inheritance and the ends of the earth Your possession.
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