Genesis 12:1-4
The Lord had said to Abram, “Leave your native country, your relatives, and your father’s family, and go to the land that I will show you. I will make you into a great nation. I will bless you and make you famous, and you will be a blessing to others. I will bless those who bless you and curse those who treat you with contempt. All the families on earth will be blessed through you.”
So Abram departed as the Lord had instructed, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran.
Matthew 7:7-11
“Keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks, receives. Everyone who seeks, finds. And to everyone who knocks, the door will be opened.
“You parents—if your children ask for a loaf of bread, do you give them a stone instead? Or if they ask for a fish, do you give them a snake? Of course not! So if you sinful people know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give good gifts to those who ask him.
It’s been my experience that God doesn’t reveal to us what we want to know, when we want to know it, and in the order we’d like to know it. God seems to operate on His own time table, and clues me into things when He feels like it. If I had it my way, I would have loved for God to tell me, in order, what my calling is, where to go to school, what to major in, where to get a job, who to get married to, and be done with it. Well, it hasn’t exactly worked out that way, but to be honest, I’m not complaining. Not even in the slightest.
See, the thing of it is, despite the fact that God works all things out for the good of those who love Him in His own timing, I know that God is always faithful, in everything. We simply need to trust God to put the pieces of the puzzle together for us. We need to hold onto the promises God has already revealed to us, live them out faithfully, and live expectantly for God to reveal the next step. Here’s what I mean: when God called Abram to leave his family, his country, his dog and mortgage, He didn’t give him the entire picture up front. He didn’t say where he was traveling to exactly. It was just, “Get up, and go.” So, Abram trusted in what he knew, and he went confidently forward knowing that God would reveal the rest. And that’s all we can do – live faithfully in what God has revealed to us. Just know that as you pray and seek, God will answer.
p.s. CPS Christmas Assembly photos to come later today!