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Tuesday, July 14, 2009

I got this from here and you can visit the site, I pray it will bless you as much as it is currently blessing me.

There are times when you can’t understand why you cannot do what you want to do. When God brings a time of waiting, and appears to be unresponsive, don’t fill it with busyness, just wait. The time of waiting may come to teach you the meaning of sanctification— to be set apart from sin and made holy— or it may come after the process of sanctification has begun to teach you what service means. Never run before God gives you His direction. If you have the slightest doubt, then He is not guiding. Whenever there is doubt— wait.
At first you may see clearly what God’s will is— the severance of a friendship, the breaking off of a business relationship, or something else you feel is distinctly God’s will for you to do. But never act on the impulse of that feeling. If you do, you will cause difficult situations to arise which will take years to untangle. Wait for God’s timing and He will do it without any heartache or disappointment. When it is a question of the providential will of God, wait for God to move.
Peter did not wait for God. He predicted in his own mind where the test would come, and it came where he did not expect it. "I will lay down my life for Your sake." Peter’s statement was honest but ignorant. "Jesus answered him, ’ . . . the rooster shall not crow till you have denied Me three times’ " (John 13:38). This was said with a deeper knowledge of Peter than Peter had of himself. He could not follow Jesus because he did not know himself or his own capabilities well enough. Natural devotion may be enough to attract us to Jesus, to make us feel His irresistible charm, but it will never make us disciples. Natural devotion will deny Jesus, always falling short of what it means to truly follow Him.


Now the question is...Where are you at the moment?
Are you lost or confused? Have you tried your best(your best i said) God wants you to be but failed time and time again?
Do you have questions needing answers? Or do you have answers needing explanations?

When in doubt just wait, wait on God. He sees the whole picture, He knows and He is ever willing, ever faithful to guide and to show you the way, He is always willing to give you your daily bread, not what you think you want, but what He knows you need.
We all know the scripture "Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God".
Ask God for your daily bread, and its not just about the food you eat, its not just about the jobs you seek, its not just about the blessings you need for you, family and friends. It is also about the answers you seek; your calling? your vision? your service? It dont have to be for tomorrow, but for today.
Give us today our daily bread, the Holy Spirit to guide, comfort and keep us, His words to sustain us, the fellowship we need to grow, the strength we need to hold on. Where He leads, I leap, where He guides I follow.
2 Peter 1:10-11 says "10 Therefore, my brothers, be all the more eager to make your calling and election sure. For if you do these things, you will never fall, 11 and you will receive a rich welcome into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ."

Be eager indeed, but while in doubt and even after you are sure, ask God for your daily bread; everyday.

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