When the sun was going down,
a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and behold, horror and great darkness fell upon
him. —Genesis 15:12
“Abram went through thirteen
years of silence, but in those years all of his self-sufficiency was destroyed.
He grew past the point of relying on his own common sense. Those years of
silence were a time of discipline, not a period of God’s displeasure. There is
never any need to pretend that your life is filled with joy and confidence;
just wait upon God and be grounded in Him (see Isaiah 50:10-11). Do I trust at
all in the flesh? Or have I learned to go beyond all confidence in myself and
other people of God? Do I trust in books and prayers or other joys in my life?
Or have I placed my confidence in God Himself, not in His blessings? “I am
Almighty God…”— El-Shaddai, the All-Powerful God (Genesis 17:1). […] As soon as
God becomes real to us, people pale by comparison, becoming shadows of reality.
Nothing that other saints do or say can ever upset the one who is built on God.” CHAMBERS
There is a recurring theme in
the Bible. Trusting God or trusting in
ourselves. Abram had waited on God to
fulfill His promise. He grew impatient
and did something on his own. In Genesis 17 something happened … there was a
transaction of faith between Abram and God, and God gave Abram a new name ..
Abraham .. father of many nations. Soon
after Sarah conceived. It happened when
it was impossible to give credit to men.
God received all of the glory. It’s
the same way with us. We know God’s
promises, but are unwilling to wait on God.
We want to “make it happen”. We
accept something less than God’s best because we lacked the faith to wait. Hebrews
11:1 says that faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of
things unseen. Faith is trusting in
something you can’t see . .being convinced that it will come to pass, and then
living … making choices in the context of that belief. Faith becomes stronger when faith is
exercised. Are you facing something in
your life that is testing your faith?
Testing your confidence in God?
It is a common malady for us Christians.
There is or was a TV commercial where people receiving an annuity or
settlement said “It’s my money and I want it now.” To do that they had to be willing to give up a
great deal of their money. To receive something
today, they were willing to sacrifice what they would receive tomorrow. They didn’t want to wait. Another example is the business that does
taxes and promises an immediate tax return.
That is not the government’s money the tax payer receives, but the business
provides the money at a significant cost to the tax payer. Don't accept anything but God's best. Waiting on God is
worth the wait. ELGIN
Bondye Beni Ou (God Bless
You)
Charley Elgin
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