Faith By Promises
  • Home
    • About >
      • Faith By Promises
      • Founder
      • Our Values/Ethics
    • What's New
  • Blogs
    • Beauty
    • Being Real
    • Encouragement
    • Faith
    • Food&Bake
    • Guest Posts
    • Justice
    • Life >
      • All Articles: Life
    • Prophetic Words
    • Prayer Life
    • Thoughts
  • Prayer Requests
  • Music
  • Say Yes To Christ!
  • Write For Us!
  • Contact
  • Donate
  • Podcasts

life

Wait  -Part 1

7/3/2013

Comments

 
Picture
I saw a mountain with the fog/clouds covering its top. It made me think of when Moses was on the top of the mountain, and the Israelites were waiting upon him 

It made me think of how some of us are waiting. We're waiting for something. We're waiting on God to do something, to say something, or to show us something. 

The Israelites pondered for a bit, then got frustrated. They then made up their mind that Moses was gone and to never return, so they begged Aaron for a "substitute god" (The story can be read in Exodus 32).

Aaron complied, and built a golden calf for them.

When Moses was still on the mountain, the Lord notified him about how the people had become corrupt: "They have been quick to turn away from what I commanded them and have made themselves an idol cast in the shape of a calf. They have bowed down to it and sacrificed to it and have said, ‘These are your gods, Israel, who brought you up out of Egypt" (verse 8). 


Aaron went down and saw the happenings, and it says that his anger burned. 

We're all waiting for something, but what will we do while we wait?
You see, what we DO whilst we're waiting is important. 

These past few months I was waiting on God for a lot of things, and when I'd talk to other women of Christ, they'd tell me the same thing: "enjoy your time now. Take advantage of it."

"Easier said than done," I said. But they were right.

This story of the Israelites shows us something:

1. While we think that God is up to "nothing", He's up to something. 
He's working. We don't see Him working sometimes, but He is. He is preparing something for you and me, and He even has someone or some people assigned for us in the thing we're waiting for. 

2. We'll never be lonely in our waiting. 
It's possible to be alone, but never lonely. 
He has assured us that He has sent the Comforter, One who is with us ALL the time. If you feel lonely in your waiting, it's time to re-evalaute who or what you're putting your trust into. 
He has assured us that "He will keep in perfect peace He who's heart is steadfast [unwavering] on Him." Amen.

3. We can choose to HOPE on the Lord, and continue in our daily routines in anticipation to see Him take our lives by storm in due time, OR we can choose to replace Him because we didn't get our way when we wanted it. 

The Israelites decided to replace Him with a golden calf, something easily made, and which could be easily destroyed. 
What are you replacing God with when you don't get what you want? 

4. IF we wait, the Lord promises to DELIVER.
1 Peter 5:6 says: "be humble, He will exalt you in due time." It will happen, you just have to wait. Your time will come to get married, to graduate, to get a job, to get promoted, to write that book, to run that race, to get on stage, to be who you're "meant" to be, but for now, humble yourself.

We know that He "is able to do IMMEASURABLY more than we could as for according to the POWER that worketh in us." -Ephesians 3:20.

I love the words "more than." It makes me think of how I can imagine all these things that God can do, and even gather people all around who can try to give me suggestions, visions, prophecies, pictures, wishes, supplies, etc, and God will STILL be able to do MORE THAN.  Just remember that. More than. 

Glory be to God, In Jesus' Name! Amen.

With love always.

Comments
comments powered by Disqus

    CLICK to find a list of all 'life' articles

    Picture

    Archives

    June 2019
    November 2018
    November 2014
    October 2014
    June 2014
    April 2014
    March 2014
    February 2014
    January 2014
    November 2013
    October 2013
    September 2013
    August 2013
    July 2013
    June 2013
    May 2013

    Categories

    All
    Action
    Advice
    Authenticity
    Balance
    Battle
    Beauty
    Blog
    Boys
    Bridges
    Consuming Fire
    Dream
    Esther
    Evangelizing
    Faith
    Faith By Promises
    Fear
    Fireproof
    Following God
    Forgiveness
    Freedom
    Gifts
    Guys
    Heart
    Hillsong
    Identity
    Life
    Listen
    Love
    Love Letter
    Manna
    Marriage
    Men
    Mind
    Music
    New Beginnings
    Overcome
    Prodigal Son
    Restoration
    Ruth
    Salvation
    Scripture
    Seed
    Self Love
    Self Worth
    Sin
    Sorry
    Soul Ties
    Sovereignty
    Spiritual Eyes
    Supply
    The Love Dare
    Trusting God
    Ungoldy Soul Ties
    Value
    Waiting
    Welcome
    Word Of God

    The Author

    Is a girl who fell deeply in love with Jesus,

    Because He first loved her.


    P.s. I apologize in advance for any spelling/grammatical errors! :) 

    RSS Feed

    Tweets by @tawanarayy
©2019 Faith By Promises. All Rights Reserved.
Contact         About      
Photos used under Creative Commons from allspice1, SurfaceWarriors, Charlotte90T, Crystl, Abysim, Juliana Coutinho, KJGarbutt, BigKidsLoveToys - off more than on, puzzlescript, Kris Krug, Helga Weber, Bill Selak, mevans91, quinn.anya, LeonArts.at, LifeHouseDesign, Luz Adriana Villa A., EF Photography, Khanelle Prod' Medias, justine-reyes, Capture of Time, Matt McGee, epSos.de, heyFilbert, Julio Greff, Eddi van W., celine nadeau, eheçåtzin ::  ::., Abode of Chaos, Dicemanic, Tricôs da Minha Blythe ♡, Pablo Miranzo, M Francis McCarthy, soapylovedeb, steakpinball, spablab, Summer Skyes 11, OC Always, Randy Roe
  • Home
    • About >
      • Faith By Promises
      • Founder
      • Our Values/Ethics
    • What's New
  • Blogs
    • Beauty
    • Being Real
    • Encouragement
    • Faith
    • Food&Bake
    • Guest Posts
    • Justice
    • Life >
      • All Articles: Life
    • Prophetic Words
    • Prayer Life
    • Thoughts
  • Prayer Requests
  • Music
  • Say Yes To Christ!
  • Write For Us!
  • Contact
  • Donate
  • Podcasts