So I was thinking...
Sometimes God gives us a dream/vision of something that we are to pray into. Unity in the church/people in our community being drawn to Him and being set free/miracles etc.
These things are exciting! But sometimes maybe we get discouraged when we don't see it happening the way we think it should or when we think it should! Sometimes things seem to even be going backwards.
So why does God allow us to have these hopes/dreams/visions?
Then I thought of this:
When our kids were really little, I would never say something like "we're going to go on a great family trip and swim in the ocean and do all sorts of wonderful things two years from now!" They would have whined and felt impatient and like it was never going to happen, because they were just too young and two years would feel like forever to them!
But as they grew up, and were able to understand more, and had a better concept of time, we could tell them exciting things that we were going to do in the future. Because there is so much fun, joy, and anticipation in looking forward to something that we know is going to happen! As their parents, we take care of so many of the details: the date of the trip, how far we'll go each day, how we're going to pay for it, how we'll arrange our schedules to make it happen etc. All we need our kids to do is: believe that we're actually going to go on the trip, pack stuff they want to bring, and be excited with us about what we'll do together! They don't seem to worry about the details that we will look after. We tell them things ahead of time so they can be excited and hopeful! The time leading up to the actual trip is part of the fun!
So...maybe it's that way with our Heavenly Father too...maybe He tells us things that he's wanting to do so we can share in the joy and hope of what is coming. But sometimes we allow ourselves to get burdened down as we try to figure out the details of how to make it happen, when those are the things that God is already taking care of. We get impatient instead of enjoying the anticipation of what's to come. Maybe our job is just to trust Him, to believe that he will do what he say he will do, to make sure that we're ready and willing to be part of his plan, to stay in constant connection with him! And to be excited!
Just thinking about this today...and wondering what are the details that are weighing me down and causing discouragement, the things that I was never meant to figure out, the details that God is taking care of! Faith like a child is what He wants us to have!
I love this verse:
“Now faith is the assurance (title deed, confirmation) of things hoped for (divinely guaranteed), and the evidence of things not seen [the conviction of their reality—faith comprehends as fact what cannot be experienced by the physical senses].”
Hebrews 11:1 AMP
https://www.bible.com/1588/heb.11.1.amp
