Beautiful Reminder

Recently, my prayer list has grown at an alarming rate. Today, I ran across a beautiful reminder from Kay Arthur. She referenced the story of Zacharias and Elizabeth in Luke. God had not given Zacharias what he had wanted, what he had prayed for throughout a good portion of his life, yet he remained faithful - totally faithful.



If this were your circumstance, if you didn't receive from God what you had asked for, what you had longed for, or, let's say, what was your "human right"-a legitimate need-would the same thing be true of you?


Have you understood, my friend, that . . .


God sees what you need-what you want. He is not blind.
God hears what you pray. He is not deaf.

But you say . . .


God could have moved sooner! Yet God is never late
But God did not do what He is perfectly capable of doing if He's God! Right!

Yet, it's not because God didn't know - because God is omniscient-all-knowing.
And it's not because God couldn't do it - because God is omnipotent-all-powerful.
And it's not because God was occupied somewhere else - because God is omnipresent-everywhere.


Although it wasn't done your way, the way you dreamed it would be, the way you longed for it to be, never forget - God is sovereign.


So does this mean He loves you any less because you suffered greatly in the process? No, God is love.


It simply means that God is God. We are man, and as man we are to walk blamelessly before Him. And if God chooses then to utterly surprise us in this life we will have our answer, our proof of just what God had in mind all the time. However, even if God does not choose to surprise us, we will have shown our Father that we love and trust Him for who He is-God.


In the very process of it all the world will see and know the reality of our faith, the sufficiency of His lavish, extravagant grace, and the destiny of our soul-for we are His people.


And someday, as His people, we will have exceeding abundantly beyond what eye can see, ear can hear, and mind can comprehend-for we will have it all as heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Jesus Christ.


Do you have something to give thanks for? Thank Him daily and trust Him. ~ Kay Arthur

"Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us" Ephesians 3:20