I shared with you last week about the church I visited, but not what the message was about. This week, after my week, it seems fitting that we talk about that.
At church last week, the pastor who had been sick for months, came back and was fired up. She knew something about waiting on the Lord for her answers. Her text, one of my favorites, were from Isaiah 40:27-31. When I saw the text on the screen, I was already jumping for joy because I knew it would have been a good message.
The movie she referenced was ‘Men of honor’, she said that whenever it was on tv, she and her husband just had to watch it. She gave a few spoilers of this old movie – and though I vaguely remembered watching it many years ago, knew that I had to rewatch it.
I had the opportunity to just sit and unwind last night as I watched the intense movie of one man’s quest to become Chief Master Diver. He had a nearly impossible chance, especially because of the color of his skin of it ever coming to pass in those days. But guess what, no one accounted for his grit, tenacity and pure perseverance. By the end of the movie, I too was jumping with excitement as I watched him accomplish the nearly impossible feat, even with all the obstacles that had been thrown in his way.
Fast forward to my devotion this morning, ‘Crazy Faith’. The reference is to the widow in Luke who needed help. She was persistent to the point of annoying. In Luke 8:5, it states, ‘yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will see that she gets justice, so that she won’t eventually wear me out with her coming!’
Is there something that you have been asking God to do in your life for weeks, months and years? How persistent have you been in asking? The Bible tells us to keep asking, keep seeking, keep knocking and the door will be opened.
Don’t give up on your miracle too soon.
Dear Heavenly Father, thank you for biblical examples that show that it’s ok to wait upon you. Thank you that you clearly show us that we are to keep coming to you with our requests and that you never get weary or tired of us. Thank you that we can hold dearly to these promises.