By Faith

By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would LATER receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going (Hebrews 11:8)

This verse made me look back in to my own life …How I keep doubting in my Lord’s plans for me just because they are not immediate … Did He not say – “Blessed are those who do not see, yet believe”???

There are so many times in our lives when we want, what we want, when we want it … talk about being spoilt … but it most often than not does not happen that way. We have our plans and our own goals to reach but they do not always materialize. Does this mean we’re losers? Does it mean we don’t have it in us to accomplish what we have set ahead of ourselves? Does it mean God doesn’t care??? Heck No!!!   

Our God cares so much for us that He agreed to go through 33yrs of His life, knowing full well that His destiny was on the cross of Calvary so that you and I could look forward to a life with Him in Paradise. Most of us brush away His sacrifice thinking to ourselves – okay He died … hey He is God isn’t He … He could do it.  But dear friends, the fact will remain that Christ was completely God and completely man! It wasn’t easy for Him to endure the cross … especially knowing how horrendous it would be! Just thinking about it freaks me out … and to think that my Lord chose to do it for me. The Bible (NIV) records that just before He was arrested, Christ fell to the ground and asked God to take this cup (death on the cross) away from Him … yet prayed that it be not His own will but the will of God alone. The cross wasn’t easy for Him. And when we as Christians are asked to deny ourselves and bear our cross (Matt 16:24), what makes you think its going to be a cake walk? Understand this friends, things do not always go our way and most often than not, they will not. But the fact will always remain that when we walk in His strength, you will indeed see that His yoke is easy and His burden light (Matt 11:30)

Over the years, I have learnt and understood that it is when I, like Abraham trust God intoto, that my faith is manifested in to my miracle!

The fact remains - We have our hope, our future and our security in Christ alone!!! :D