Resting in Faith.....

  Living a life of faith means never knowing where you are being led....                                                  

But it does mean loving and knowing the One who is leading.

The final stage in the life of faith is the attainment of character, and we encounter many changes in the process.  We feel the presence of God around us when we pray, yet we are only momentarily changed.  We tend to keep going back to our everyday ways and the glory vanishes.  A life of faith is not  a life of one glorious mountaintop experience after another, like soring on eagle's wings, but is a life of day-in day-out consistency; a life of walking without fainting.  It is not even a question of holiness of sanctification, but of something which comes much farther down the road.  It is a faith that has been tried and proved and has withstood the test. Abraham is not a type or an example of the holiness of sanctification, but a type of the life of faith-a faith tested and true, built on the true God.  "Abraham believed God...." Romans 4:3  (taken from my daily devotional book)

 

Truly without faith in Him who reigns in all things we would be at the doorstep of despair daily.

I am learning to rest in the promises of God.

I know that might seem like an elementary thought or ideal.  Realistically, I know that I have always been someone who tries to "do" more than someone who "rests".  I struggle with knowing what to and when to leave things to God.  Oh do I struggle with the "why"......

It seems to me that God has been showing me that I don't need to do it all..... and that He doesn't expect me to. I place those expectations on myself and then when I am completely spent and worn out I go to Him and ask "why"?  I am a planner and I love things to be in order. 

I think that everything should have its place...  right?

 

God in His goodness and loving mercy is showing me that there are things that I am trying to do that are truly not mine to do.  There are battles that are not mine to fight.  There are hearts that are not mine to change. There are accomplishments, both physical and spiritual that are not mine to plan and bring about.  There are some things that are not mine to harvest... even the souls of my children.

Over the past 6 months I have been on my knees for each one of my children...even the ones who no longer live in our home!  I have cried a million tears and prayed thousands of prayers for their hearts and their souls.  Yet.....my heart wants more.  I want to KNOW the condition of their hearts and that they are well on their way to a life of living for and to glorify the Father.

YIKES..... It appears that I forgot something.....or really someONE!

The Father

The ONE who loves them more than I do.

The ONE who has the pleasing and perfect will for each of their lives.

The ONE who does all things well.

 

Like I said..... I am a work in progress...

 

So I will keep loving my children with a passion.

I will continue to pray for them on my knees before the great ONE.

I will continue to grow in my understanding of Him who knows all things.

I will trust in Him in times of testing.

I will praise Him for the mercy and grace He affords me everyday as I grow.

AND

I will continue to look for and rest in the promises of the ONE who is faithful in all things! 

I know that my Father sees me! ......Even when I don't see Him in the day to day all of the time.

I know that He loves me........Even when I fall asleep forgetting to praise Him for all He is!  

I know that He is with me!....Even when I am knee deep in diapers, toys and cooking!

I know that He is the one bringing change into my life and allowing for things to happen that are "unexpected" and even sometimes "painful" because it is all for His glory! 

I am blessed beyond what I deserve!
I know that He is continuing to make me more like Jesus and that is enough!

In His Embrace,
laurie

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