I have a memory. In that memory, I’m watching a football game. This memory didn’t happen once or twice. It happened from when I was young to when I was in college multiple times. I can remember watching my favorite team losing… with only minutes or seconds left in the game. I can remember holding out hope. “Maybe they can pull it out! Miracles happen! Anything can happen… they could still win…” They usually wouldn’t if it was that far gone, but I always held onto hope.
That was football… now here’s God.
There is a place in faith that you have a choice.
I’ve never been one to enjoy being disappointed. Often, if I suspect a surprise or a result that I would love in a situation, I will often prepare myself for the worst because I do not want to get disappointed.
You always have choices in the journey of faith. But the choice I’m talking about specifically is this one…
“Do I prepare myself for the worst so I won’t be disappointed, or do I keep praying and asking God in faith even though the situation looks grim?”
Let me ask a question. What do you think God would want me to do?
What did Abraham do? What did Noah do? What did David do? What did Sarah do? What did Daniel do?
Keep on holding on. Do not let go of the promise. In Hebrews 11, God tells of men who died believing in the promise they couldn’t yet see.
I will hold on. I will believe. I refuse to ease myself into unbelief just so my flesh won’t feel disappointment. THAT ISN’T FAITH.
Faith believes. It believes in the unseen and the hoped for.
Like Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego. I will believe. The result will be left to God. But I will die believing. In the darkest of nights. In the most difficult of situations. I serve a God who can rescue anytime, anywhere.
Hbr 11:1 - Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
Hbr 11:6 - But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.
That was football… now here’s God.
There is a place in faith that you have a choice.
I’ve never been one to enjoy being disappointed. Often, if I suspect a surprise or a result that I would love in a situation, I will often prepare myself for the worst because I do not want to get disappointed.
You always have choices in the journey of faith. But the choice I’m talking about specifically is this one…
“Do I prepare myself for the worst so I won’t be disappointed, or do I keep praying and asking God in faith even though the situation looks grim?”
Let me ask a question. What do you think God would want me to do?
What did Abraham do? What did Noah do? What did David do? What did Sarah do? What did Daniel do?
Keep on holding on. Do not let go of the promise. In Hebrews 11, God tells of men who died believing in the promise they couldn’t yet see.
I will hold on. I will believe. I refuse to ease myself into unbelief just so my flesh won’t feel disappointment. THAT ISN’T FAITH.
Faith believes. It believes in the unseen and the hoped for.
Like Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego. I will believe. The result will be left to God. But I will die believing. In the darkest of nights. In the most difficult of situations. I serve a God who can rescue anytime, anywhere.
Hbr 11:1 - Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
Hbr 11:6 - But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.
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