I used to think of myself as a very patient person when it comes to things I wait on God for. But God continously teaches me the act of patience. To simply wait, read, and pray. To submit myself to a state of nothingness and simply cast all my hope and trust in him. Late last year through early this year has being the most patient challenge God has allowed me to face yet. I have being without my phone and laptop for weeks. I know I'm missing important calls and should be getting things done on my laptop, the two things I've often said I can't live without. In the moment of reflecting on the sitaution God revealed himself as that one constant that is and would be forever present in my life. I looked to Him, but it still felt like I was waiting and not acting, and I was wondering and merely asked "God, what would you have me do? Wait? I can't just wait?". Guess what, that's what God wants of me, to wait. Even when I know all of the things that I have worked for could potentially crumble to the ground. I trust in God, even …show more content…
For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal" (2 Corinthians 4: 17-18, NKJV). Also, I've waited for things to change, for people to change, however, in the moment of waiting, I was reminded that God is in control of things I absolutely have no control over.
In your time of need and ultimate despair, God not only reveal Himself to you, He teaches you the act of patience and how to identify bearers of good news that he shall send, because a time would come when you'd have to identify God sent among the lots, so as not to be
As I continued to chat with my pastor that day, I really sensed the hurt in his eyes – the anger that comes from an unsolvable injustice, the tiredness of a problem. “What’s wrong?” I finally asked, “Having a bad day?” Sensing that I was truly concerned, he let the truth be told. “I talked with a woman today whose baby died suddenly of unknown causes. As we worked through her grief, she talked about how numerous friends and family, even a religious leader had patted her on the back, shook their heads and said, ‘It was God’s will.’ I find few things worse to say to a grieving parent. Saying nothing at all would be of more help.” It was obvious from our conversation that he had an understanding greater than I about God’s will, and his insight created in me a curiosity and desire to learn more.
When we are having bad times, God and nature are willing to help us through our
Whenever I learned to trust and turn to God, I found His comfort to satisfy my soul. Almost two years ago, one of my best friends became extremely ill and had to leave home and go to a treatment clinic. (For her privacy, I will not say the illness). She had to immediately leave for she was due to die in two weeks if she did not find help. Whenever she told me the news, my whole world flipped upside down. My life had been pretty okay before this, just a few ups and downs. This was the first major trial in my life and I was not prepared. Of course, I prayed for her but I did not grasp the fact that God was going to save her. I was extremely emotionally unstable and I tried to fix myself on my own. This never worked, I may have had temporarily relief but the fear came back. One day I finally gave up trying to fix myself and turned to God. I asked Him to forgive me for not turning to Him first and I allowed him to fix me. I placed my trust in him and ran to him for comfort. Even when it was difficult, I knew I had to trust in Him. Once I placed my faith in Him, my comfort came. I had faith that He would heal her and she will not
God is waiting with open arms, we need only to turn back to him like the waiting father in this parable. I try to always look at my relationship with God as my father (yes I know he his) but I mean like how you view an earthly father. I had a wonderful father growing up. Not matter the situation, good or bad, that I found myself in, I knew that I could always turn to my dad for support, understanding, advice, and he was my ultimate supporter during these times. But he did as any father really should and told me when I was wrong, or that I had really thought through my situation and was making the right decision. I knew I could always turn to him. I think that is the relationship that God seeks to have with us. He wants us to come to him, in good and bad times, to seek his advice, or feel his joy in our joyful times, or even to fall into his arms during trivial times. In the story of the prodigal son, the son wanted everything that his father would have given him, but he wanted it now, unlike when you receive your inheritance after the passing of them. The father gave the son exactly what he wanted, and it hurt him maybe he even suffered a little, but he did it anyway. After the son had taken it and left and then found himself eating with the pigs did he think about his father again. No matter the time that passed, that father was so thrilled to have his son return home to him and accepted him
...ed. The psalmist said, “Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my help and my God.” The psalmist remains caught between despair and hope.
I hope you do not mind. I-well, I can help you little bit”. When he heard these words he could not believe it, he got surprised. That was the moment that he realized that angels exist, a few good hearted people and that we humans and our future generations still have hope. He learned that if you were to think about giving up there will always be a reason to keep moving forward and to never lose faith.
God uses Jesus to help the population in all different ways. Jesus helps the blind see, he clothes the poor, and overall, can cure anyone who is worthy. God shows his presence through Jesus so the people of earth have someone to follow. Even today we see God work his wonders even without the presence of Jesus. God shows miracles which no one would believe if they were not reality. God’s presence in the world is mediated through nature and reality as seen in the readings of The Gospel of Matthew and The Book of Exodus.
In Your righteousness deliver me. Incline Your ear to me, rescue me quickly; Be to me a rock of strength, A stronghold to save me. For You are my rock and my fortress; For Your name's sake You will lead me and guide me. So the Lord is our security in the moments that we have none.
In these distressing times when all around is fear, unthankfulness and misery, it is easy to underestimate the splendid benefits God has blessed us with, and sumptiously enriched our
Call on me in the day of trouble. This scripture make me realized that serving God, He does not need anything from us beyond personal relationship with him as Jesus did at that time. He loves to see us to come and tell Him what is going on and what we would like Him to help us so that His plan will succeed through our lives. And He promises us that He will deliver us, and we will honor Him.
Too often I find myself complaining at how my life turns out. As if I know better. God has an amazing view looking down on us; he has an amazing memory and knows everything that will happen in the future. If
The experiences that we go through in our lives happen in a way that God has planned out from the beginning. The order that these happen helps us to meet our objectives when the time is right. Ecclesiastes 3:1 tells us that, “There is an appointed time for everything. And there is time for every event under heaven--.” God has put things in order for us, and even though they might not happen in our time, we need to remember that we may have to wait until God’s time. Finally, God is about to look at our lives and evaluate whether or not the objectives have been met. He puts trials and tests into our lives and looks to see how we will respond to them. When we keep in mind that Christ always needs to be at the front of our minds and in our lives, we will be able to pass these tests with flying colors. As long as we are able to accept Jesus as our Savior, we will be able to pass that final test and live eternally in
I prefer to show empathy instead. Empathy is “the feeling that you understand and share another person’s experiences and emotions: the ability to share someone else’s feelings” (Merriam-Webster, 2015). I have been able to help several of God’s people through crisis, simply because the Lord helped me through similar situations. God is so good and mercy is
Do you like to talk out your problems with a friend? Do you like to hear other people’s problems? Why do we always need to share our problems with someone? The truth is, humans are weak. We’ve always known that we can’t live by ourselves. So, it’s not a question that we need to share our burdens with someone else. We want someone to feel what we’re going through. And we’re hoping that that friend of ours has a way out of it, right? Whatever it takes, we want our problems to be solved. Unfortunately, it’s not every time can we find someone who wants to hear our problems L. Well, that’s the way humans are. We’re not perfect. But our Father in heaven is. He will faithfully listen to everything we’ve got on our minds. He is the only one who has the way, the truth, and the life. Of course, He knows how to solve our problems and He will help us with them. Now, doesn’t that sound good? Well, don’t you want to learn to hear God’s voice? The question is…how does He talk to us? Here are a few ways:
When faced with obstacles, it may be easy to doubt and question the choice made initially to humbly follow the lead of someone else, even if that is God. This difficulty often arises in times of waiting, because of the uncertainty of the unknown and lack of control, the desire is to try to regain power and a sense of command from God. However, in the times of ambiguity and feelings of powerlessness, the response is not to shift the choice back self-control but to trust even more in God to keep his promises. The early Christians in Thessalonica wrestled with their decision when Christ’s return seemed delayed, and they faced greater persecution. In response, Paul wrote the urgent epistle to the Thessalonian community to encourage them to maintain their current choice to follow Christ. Biblical commentator, James Draper explains Paul plea in 1 Thessalonians 1:8-10 as an encouragement for the community “to have the kind of faith that trusts God to keep his word, to do what he promised to do…not to try to rush him or slow him down or try to chart his course for him.” Conversely, hope is maintained and bolstered when it is strengthened by faith and trust that the one in whom trust has been placed is worthy of that trust even in the darkest of times. The difficulty for the body of Christ to sustain joyful anticipation in the