My Creator should be everything to me because He is the Creator. What am I lacking that He is not, or that He can’t do, or that He can’t grant me?
Why do I have a hard time believing that my Lord can take good care of me now and all the way to the end of my life on earth, no matter what? Why am I doubtful that He will do what I ask Him to do for my loved ones? Why should waiting on the Lord to do what I ask, longer than I want, cause me to give up believing in Him? I need to understand that His ways and thoughts are so much higher than mine (ours). His love is so long and deep and wide that I will ever be experiencing the massiveness and enormity - of His love.
Trusting the Lord is a hard thing to do, especially after you’ve been let down, or rather, you ‘feel’ that you’ve been let down after you’ve asked and asked and asked of Him. God does not respond to our feelings rooted in fear and doubt. He acts on our faith in who He is, what He says about Himself, what He says about the things of this world, our flesh, and the devil, and what He says about you and me as His children.
James 1:5-7 “Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him. But he must ask in faith, without doubting, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. That man should not expect to receive anything from the Lord.”
If I stop expecting Him to make good His Word to me, He won’t. My expectation of Him must be according to what He says in His Word to me. People end up hating God because of their own false expectations of Him; they want to believe what they want about God.
My expectation of the Lord is part of the personal relationship I have with my Savior. I’m NOT talking about making demands of a father as a spoiled child would do. God will not spoil His children. I’m talking about anticipation/eagerness/looking forward to what my Father God says that I CAN EXPECT from Him because He loves me. The truths in the Word of God are so important to our faith, hope and love for Him.
Psalm 91:14-16 “Because he (she) loves me,” says the Lord, “I will rescue him (her); I will protect him (her), for he (she) acknowledges my Name. He (she) will call on me, and I will answer him (her); I will be with him (her) in trouble, I will deliver him (her) and honor him (her). With long life I will satisfy him (her) and show him (her) my salvation.”
I simply need to persevere in faith, hope and love for the Lord my God, and let waiting on Him mature me in Him. As I mature, I begin to understand that it’s not all about me and what I think is best. I begin to understand that He expects from me. He ‘requires’ me to come into His thinking and purpose in my life. He’s the Potter, I’m His clay! I need to read and meditate on His Word and live it out with the much-needed help of His indwelling Holy Spirit. What a gift the Holy Spirit is!
Micah 6:8 “He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.”
Justly? See the situation truthfully through God’s eyes, then act or speak. Mercy? Treat others with the same mercy God has treated me. Humbly? Recognizing that my God is in full control, and He will do what He deems best, since it’s His plan that rules over all of man’s plans, and even mine. Therefore, I will just trust Him with all my concerns and desires and joyfully make myself available to Him each day.
What have I to fear? Why so downtrodden? Why so worried about so many things? “My beloved, just rest and sit with Me, fellowship with Me, and walk with Me! Let Me show you how absolute I AM,” says the Lord God my Savior.
Thank You Lord for Your presence!