“Delight yourself in the
Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart.” -Ps 37:4
In certain faith circles, we
can often confuse our faith in God with our expectation of God. We might be taught to “expect the
miracle” and wait for God to make it happen. But, we become frustrated in the
waiting. We lack the balance of
working our own miracle, and still trusting God for the outcome.
How can we ever be happy
though, still void of our miracle but believing it will happen? Isn't God a good God? Well, first things first, the dream has to die. Anything bigger than God in our lives
God will deal with in our hearts.
HE wants to be the sole rescuer of our hearts, the love of our
lives. Sometimes He shows this
love to us through other people and things, but He wants us to recognize He is
the source of every good thing (James 1:17), so that our hearts don’t get
caught up in idol worship. And two,
we can’t be afraid to do those things to work our own miracle. This may involve worship, prayer,
speaking aloud in faith – but it may involve the more practical side such as
seeing a specialist doctor or signing up for classes at school. God can move without those things, but
sometimes we need to take a faith step - He can move through those things as we place our trust in Him! We shouldn't limit God in the way He can work.
I met a woman recently who
was unemployed for 2 years. She
said the day after she decided to lay it down she was called for an
interview! She had learned to be
content in spite of her circumstances.
And God blessed her because she learned to fully trust in Him!
Is there anything in your
life that needs to die so that you can have true contentment? Ask God to help you. Talk to a good friend or leader. God wants us to have what we want and
need, but He wants us to desire Him first so that we don’t miss out on our
inheritance from Him.
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