Often times I recieve great atricles in my e-mail here's one I recieved today I would like to share with you.
God's direction and timing is always perfect and always with a purpose- but it's often with a purpose we may not initially see orunderstand. Even when we earnestly ask for direction through prayerand the study of His Word, God's answers are usually not what we expectand are often perceived as slow in arriving...but His direction andtiming still remains, always perfect and always with a purpose.God called Abraham to follow Him when Abraham was already seventy-fiveyears old. But God blessed Abraham with great abundance and soonpromised he would have many descendants; "I will make your offspringlike the dust of the earth, so that if anyone could count the dust,then your offspring could be counted" (Genesis 13:16).Although this was a wonderful promise from God, it certainly didn'tseem possible. Not only was Abraham an old man, but his wife, Sarah,had never been able to have children and now was long past the normalchild bearing years. Therefore, when Sarah failed to become pregnant -when God's promise was apparently going to be unfulfilled - sheformulated a plan to "help" God.Genesis 16:2"The Lord has kept me from having children. Go, sleep with mymaidservant; perhaps I can build a family through her."Since this was an accepted practice and seemed like a reasonable way tofulfill God's promise, Abraham agreed. Not surprisingly, great tensionsoon developed between Sarah and her maidservant. This tensionincreased when Ishmael was born and even continues today with theunfortunate hostilities we see in the region of the MiddleEast. Abraham clearly heard the call and promise of God, but he becameimpatient with God's timing and resorted to a worldly solution.It was another thirteen years before God fulfilled His promise throughthe birth of Isaac. These were thirteen long years of waiting andwondering if God had forgotten...but God's direction and timing isalways perfect and always with a purpose. With Abraham one hundredyears old and Sarah ninety, the birth of Isaac left no doubt that Godwas in complete control and guiding the events in Abraham's life.In a very real sense, we are foreigners in this place and time; "Aliensand strangers on earth" (Hebrews 11:13). We will never understand howall the pieces fit together until we stand before the Creator of theUniverse. Until then, we must continue to love and worship Him withall our heart. We must continue to seek His face and ask His guidancefor every step. We must continue to follow His direction and patientlytrust His timing.
Have a Great Day!
Steve Troxel God's Daily Word Ministries
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2Peter 3:9-13 The Lord is not slow concerning His promise, as some count slowness, but is long-suffering toward us, not purposing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens will pass away with a rushing noise, and the elements will melt with fervent heat. And the earth and the works in it will be burned up. Then, all these things being about to be dissolved, what sort ought you to be in holy behavior and godliness, looking for and rushing the coming of the Day of God, on account of which the heavens, being on fire, will melt away, and the elements will melt, burning with heat? But according to His promise, we look for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells. http://byfaith-enterprises.blogspot.com Check it out!
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