Faith: How Long Can You Wait?

[Madre]

"Who is like our God, His lessons so wonderful, so perfectly fitted to our condition and His purpose? We must all take this course on faith, for without it we cannot please God. The exact nature of each believer's course will differ, being tailor-made by a loving Father, but the results will always be the same. 'For momentary, light affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison' (2 Corinthians 4:17).

One last thought: The greatness of faith is not to be judged by how many of God's promises you have experienced today, or how much material gain you possess, or even how much good health you have received. The greatness of your faith is shown in proportion to how long you can wait for the fulfillment of a promise. Again, greatness of faith is not proven in what is received, but in how long a person can wait without wavering to receive.

What would you think of a farmer who planted his wheat and the following day you found him running up and down his field with a harvester? you would consider the farmer quite mad, of course, because he had not learned to wait for God to do His life-sustaining transformation under the ground, out of sight of man.

We must also come to see that it is rarely in the big events that true faith is shown or proven. I have known people who have endured great persecution and imprisonment because of their commitment to Christ, and yet could not deny themselves in the little things of life. It is easier to lay down one's physical life than it is to lay down self-life, but great faith is shown in the small, insignificant things of life.

Once we have completed our lesson on faith, we will be much more redy to accept without question all that God tells us. We will be better equipped to no longer trust in our idols, in what we feel, or even in what we see; we will understand we are to trust only in Him. His answers concerning the freedom from self, sin, and the world will not be wasted, for we will drink in each answer with the quiet confidence and fullness of a faith that hopes in God alone. We will know that the fulfillment of our hope is no greater than the promise."

~ Michael Wells, Sidetracked in the Wilderness

[Cheeseburger]

Noah had to wait a loooooooong time. I am not sure I could wait as long as he did! Of course people don't live as long as they used to back then. lol

[krazee4jc]

Faith....can take a long time, You know my husbands mom would always say I HAVE FAITH God will take hold of my son & he'll give his life to the Lord. Praise God after 14yrs of marriage my hubby was saved it's been 4yrs. now, the only thing his Mom passed away so she didn't get to see the day but I know she & my dad celebrated in Heaven on the day.