“Things had been so confusing until He gave me a clear direction through His Word, it was so clear that I chose to hold on to it. However, things turned out so outrageously far from that promise. There was no even a piece of evidence that His promise would be fulfilled. So I guess the wisest thing to do was to forget about it and moved on…”. These were the lines that were somberly poured out by a friend and maybe somehow you can relate with it too.
How many of us have chosen to forget one of God’s promises to us? It could be a promise of provision that put you in a situation of lack instead, or a promise of healing but when you were at the peak of your hope, you received the doctor’s letter telling that your condition got even worse or maybe it’s a promise of relationship restoration but then he or she insensitively left you.
I may not hit the exact thing that happened or is happening to you. But let’s fight unbelief that cancels God’s faithfulness. We can never stretch our minds to comprehend fully how God executes his ways or how long he’s gonna allow it to happen. We need to strongly believe that His Word is true and it is for sure that it will meet his purpose because God said in His word,
“So shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it.” Isaiah 55:11
This Scripture is powerful but there’s still a tendency for unbelief to creep in us because of sense of uncertainty of how His promises are going to take place. We want the wills and the shalls of God to come with exact length of time and with a step-by-step guide on how He’s going to perform it to convince and keep us holding on to it. Sadly, we sometimes entirely neglect to understand that uncertainties call us to practice our faith while we enjoy His presence along the journey towards his purpose without doubting a single thing of what He said or has said.
I remember a simple but striking line (maybe just for me!😄) in the movie, “Letters to Juliet”. Here’s a part of Sophie’s reply to Claire about finding her long-lost-lover, “I don’t know how your story ended but if what you felt then was true love then it’s never too late. If it was true then, why wouldn’t it be true now?” I don’t want to quote the next line but well it said there, “you need only the courage to follow your heart.” Uhm haha yah just forget about that last line and follow what God is saying instead!
So it’s the same thing with God’s word that already revealed to us. The fact that it didn’t happen in the way or in the time that we expected it to happen doesn’t mean that it’s not true anymore. God’s word will always be true and it will always accomplish its purpose. God’s Word to you THEN definitely has a careful connection to your NOW. That’s why if it was true then, why wouldn’t be true now? 😊
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