Faith

The following is something I wanted to post about a week ago, but never got to the library to do. I decided to go ahead and post it any way. More recently I read about how faith requires a certain amount of helplessness-something our carnal nature detests. BINGO! That is exactly why waiting is so hard-that feeling of helplessness!

Here's the post.
Oh, waiting is so hard! God is supplying all of our needs. He is providing opportunities to serve right here, but waiting is still so hard! Sometimes I am so tired, I just want it to be over. But I pray, and turn it over to God AGAIN and he is faithful. He gives me just what I need. Today the devotional in my Everyday With Jesus Bible was titled, “Keep Your Eyes on the Tide”. The scripture was Psalm 110:3, “Your people will volunteer on Your day of battle.” It started out with: “Has God something bigger than we are at present seeing?…How can we be open to receive it? It comes at the precise moment God appoints but is carried down from heaven on the wings of fervent, believing prayer.” I continued reading about how the daughter of General Booth (of the Salvation Army) asked his advice during a very discouraging time. General Booth said to her, “Take your eyes off the waves and fix them on the tide.” The author said to ask ourselves if the tide is rising. If we look with the eye of faith, we will see that it is. When it breaks we should pray that it will not find us unprepared, but that we shall be a people who are willing on the day of God’s power. I am willing!!


Scriptures to read: Ez. 37:1-4, 2 Kg. 3:16-17, and Isaiah 40:3-5.

Please pray for Don this week. He will be preaching Sunday at Emmanuel Baptist in North Salem. I will give an update on Brazil, the girls will sing, and the boys will videotape and take pictures.