Friday, May 25, 2018

Don't be a parked car waiting for God

Greetings:
Have you ever grown weary in prayer? You pray and pray and nothing changes, nothing happens.
Everything remains the same.
The days of discouragement, trouble, tears and real pain continue.
A couple years ago, I heard a teaching from Pastor Rick Warren, from Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, CA, on faih in which he said that God cannot steer a parked car. We need to move and do something.
If we are struggling, it's not God. He stressed that God is not in a hurry and we have to be able to differentiate between 'no' and 'not yet'. Waiting is always a test.
God's timing is always perfect. He is never early and never late. Instead of sitting and waiting for something to happen, we need to be out there in those dry times and pray, serve others, encourage others, sow seed in our churches and worthy ministries and continue to believe for an answer to our prayers.
We need to act like the prayer has been answered and thank God for his faithfulness in answering our prayers. If there is a mountain in front of us and we can not move it or climb over it alone, realize we are really not alone.
God is there always, even when we can't hear him, or feel his presence.
I take comfort in the words in James 1:2-4, which reads: “Dear brothers and sisters, when troubles come your way, consider it an opportunity for great joy. For you know that when your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow. So let it grow, for when your endurance is fully developed, you will be perfect and complete, needing nothing.”
We must never give up and never give in. There is no turning back. Spending time with God will keep you, calm, stable, steadfast and hopeful.
Let God be your anchor in that churning sea of circumstances.
Get the words of Deuteronomy 31:6 down in our hearts, “So be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid and do not panic before them. For the LORD your God will personally go ahead of you. He will neither fail you nor abandon you."
If you believe those words, then whatever wall we are facing won't seem so tall.
Be blessed.


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