Post by Ethan / JRyan on Feb 23, 2021 22:18:49 GMT -5
To: Zion Friends and Family
Subject: Still waiting on God (Psalm 25:4-5)
God, please teach us thy paths and show us thy ways, and lead us in thy truth and teach us: for thou art the God of our salvation; and on thee do we wait all the day.
Often, we look for God's direction in a matter, and we are willing to act and do what He says; we just need to know what that is. And when we do not hear from Him, we grow very impatient, and it just seems like God has just left us in a state of perpetual ambiguity. Then suddenly, He acts.
We were told to wait and watch because we were yet unequipped; waiting is perhaps the most difficult aspect of a believer's relationship with God. We wait, and we pray and then wonder at God's silence when His response is not immediate; we forget the stories of Joseph, Moses, and many others in the Bible who spent years in preparation for God's timing. When we find ourselves impatient and without direction, we must remember that all of God's work is only done on His initiative, which takes time to prepare us for it. We are only told to watch and wait.
How I have learned all this has taken me thus far 40 years of waiting and Bible study. And I am still waiting to see His promises to Abraham, Jacob, and Moses come to pass. (Micah 7:20)
The life of faith requires us to lean on an invisible source of strength and wisdom. We do not have an unfounded faith, but we learn quickly that it does not rest on our five senses. And as we trust God, we find that very real and visible storms war against our faith and belief in the invisible God. Sooner or later, a greater test and trial will come, and we will have to choose: to trust God or trust ourselves. We cannot do both.
The Apostles spoke not only in the name of Jesus but on what they actually saw Him do and heard Him say. I speak today on what I have read from these eyewitnesses in the scriptures and on what I have personally experienced and seen Him doing along my 40-year journey of faith.
At some point in our walk of faith, we must learn to detach ourselves from the things that so greatly concern us and cast them wholly on God. We must depend on God to do the work while we are behind the scenes believing only in Him and when He says to act, we must act. We must be quick to believe and hesitant to interfere with God's plan and work. Also, when we pray and ask for God's will to be done (Matthew 6:9-13) in a given situation, we must believe that His will is, in fact, very good for us and that He is able to accomplish it. And to trust God is to rest and wait for the answer (Psalm 66:16).
Shalom,
John Brown
(Psalm 67:5-7)
Subject: Still waiting on God (Psalm 25:4-5)
God, please teach us thy paths and show us thy ways, and lead us in thy truth and teach us: for thou art the God of our salvation; and on thee do we wait all the day.
Often, we look for God's direction in a matter, and we are willing to act and do what He says; we just need to know what that is. And when we do not hear from Him, we grow very impatient, and it just seems like God has just left us in a state of perpetual ambiguity. Then suddenly, He acts.
We were told to wait and watch because we were yet unequipped; waiting is perhaps the most difficult aspect of a believer's relationship with God. We wait, and we pray and then wonder at God's silence when His response is not immediate; we forget the stories of Joseph, Moses, and many others in the Bible who spent years in preparation for God's timing. When we find ourselves impatient and without direction, we must remember that all of God's work is only done on His initiative, which takes time to prepare us for it. We are only told to watch and wait.
How I have learned all this has taken me thus far 40 years of waiting and Bible study. And I am still waiting to see His promises to Abraham, Jacob, and Moses come to pass. (Micah 7:20)
The life of faith requires us to lean on an invisible source of strength and wisdom. We do not have an unfounded faith, but we learn quickly that it does not rest on our five senses. And as we trust God, we find that very real and visible storms war against our faith and belief in the invisible God. Sooner or later, a greater test and trial will come, and we will have to choose: to trust God or trust ourselves. We cannot do both.
The Apostles spoke not only in the name of Jesus but on what they actually saw Him do and heard Him say. I speak today on what I have read from these eyewitnesses in the scriptures and on what I have personally experienced and seen Him doing along my 40-year journey of faith.
At some point in our walk of faith, we must learn to detach ourselves from the things that so greatly concern us and cast them wholly on God. We must depend on God to do the work while we are behind the scenes believing only in Him and when He says to act, we must act. We must be quick to believe and hesitant to interfere with God's plan and work. Also, when we pray and ask for God's will to be done (Matthew 6:9-13) in a given situation, we must believe that His will is, in fact, very good for us and that He is able to accomplish it. And to trust God is to rest and wait for the answer (Psalm 66:16).
Shalom,
John Brown
(Psalm 67:5-7)
Sorry folks, not much time to check the boards.
Stock is down but I am not worried about it.
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