Day 5 - Do you wait in faith?

GENESIS 15:1-17:27 (NIV)

As I have read through the passages of today's reading, my question is this: Do you wait in Faith? How much faith do we put in God that He knows everything? Are we afraid of what is happening or not happening to us when we think it is the right time in our minds?

Abram who becomes Abraham and Sarai who becomes Sarah after longing to be fruitful are finally blessed. Abraham even questioned the Lord in His timing. He and his wife took he Lords words into their own hands. Sarai had Abram lay with her maid servant so she could bare his child. The maid servant, Hagar, was not good to Sarai any longer. Sarai was not going to stand for any disrespect. Sarai told Abram about the situation and Abram gave Sarai the control to decide what was best. Sarai told Hagar to take Ishmael away. She was tired of Hagar acting superior to her and did not want the disrespect being protrayed from Ishmael and Hagar to Sarah and Abraham's son Isaac. The Lord told Abraham to trust Sarah in her decision even though it meant giving up his first born son! Do you think this was easy for Abraham? Do you think Sarah wanted to tell her husband whom she loved that he had to tell his first son goodbye? Do you think this put a strain on their marriage?

Do you wait in faith or do you take obstacles and situations into your own hands? There are times when it is really hard to understand what God is trying to teach us. There are times where it is really clear what he is trying to teach us! I find that there are many times I don't wait to see and understands God's ultimate plan before I try to act on it and try to make it happen in the timing I think it should happen. "It's all in my timing, when I feel like moving on, I keep holding on..." is lyrics to a great song I know. They make me think about the timing that we have for our own lives. Maybe it isn't the same timing that God has for our lives, have you thought of that? When we move on and make the decision on what we want to happen or what we "think" God is telling us, it more times that not leaves a void that we keep holding on to the thought or idea that things may have turned out differently! Have the thoughts, I wonder if I had..., if I had waited,... if I just do this,... if I wait... ever crossed your mind? Do you imagine your life better? Do you imagine your life different? Do the decisions you make instead of waiting in faith affect anyone around you?

Sarah and Abraham did not wait on Gods promises. They took what they were being told and made them happen when they thought it was right. In my life, I do the same thing! I jump on any thing new in life. Instead of waiting in faith and making sure that it is something that God is going to bless. God blesses us each and every day! Do you think that if you are waiting in faith, following His guidance, and praying for His perfect guidance, that you are going to be blessed beyond your wildest expectations?! Blessed because God is the one that the center of your waiting, your acting, and your final result?! I do! Challenging myself to not just step out in faith every chance I have, but to wait in faith more often. God is in control - what a humbling and comforting feeling that is to know!

Very Respectfully,
Leslie

I know He can be trusted and that nothing is too big or difficult for Him. -Jeremiah 32:17