This morning as I was reading in the Bible Acts 23:11, where God tells Paul he will preach in Rome. God does not tell him the journey he will face while going to Rome, or how he will preach in Rome. If God was to tell you what you would have to face on the journey how many would be willing to believe His promises about meeting your needs?
It is in the journey that we grow and learn how faithful our God is. How many of us, this last year, have promises from our Lord that have not been realized yet? Is the journey getting difficult? Have you thought I want to give up and just live my life out the way that I feel best? You don’t feel you have the strength to keep going, and everything seems to be going against you? It is now time to realize, even in life’s most difficult times, that it is in THESE most precious times when we SEE our Lord the clearest.
Most people give up just before they reach the fulfillment of a promise because it feels too difficult, in our own strength. But the Lord is our strength, as HE PROMISED, and we need to remember that, and count on it, even desperately cling to it. Our promises from God are in God’s doing and it is my responsibility to stay with Him all the way. By trying to do His promises in my own strength – will always leave me failing.
I have a saying I give to my kids all the time, “You can weigh a person by what it takes to stop them.” This next year do not be overcome, but be an overcomer.