The thing about faith that I'm being reminded of is that when you really start to trust God, there's a whole nother process that follows. As I mentioned yesterday I've had some recent challenges and in all of them my last and final thought is Lord I trust You. Once I say that, I have to relinquish whatever it is and really let go and let God. Noah experienced this. God told Noah that the earth would be flooded and He gave him specific instructions to build an ark. (Genesis 6) Two major things I observe here are that Noah obeyed God and then he waited. James gives us a heads up about being tested, he says "Dear brothers and sisters, when troubles of any kind come your way, consider it an opportunity for great joy. So let it grow, for when your endurance is fully developed, you will be perfect and complete, needing nothing. But when you ask him, be sure that your faith is in God alone. Do not waver, for a person with divided loyalty is as unsettled as a wave of the sea that is blown and tossed by the wind. Such people should not expect to receive anything from the Lord. Their loyalty is divided between God and the world, and they are unstable in everything they do." (James 1:2, 4, 6-8 NLT)
Friends, I don't wanna be the one tossed to and fro in the water, I want to rest in the ark like Noah and his family until the flood is over! This test of my faith is increasing my patience. If I trust God to come through all I need to do at this point is wait on Him.
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