Today's promise: God's timing is perfect
Confident assurance
What is faith? It is the
confident assurance that what we hope for is going to happen. It is the
evidence of things we cannot see. God gave his approval to people in days of
old because of their faith.
Hebrews 11:1-2 NLT
Certain of what I could not see!
I led my husband from
one room of the condominium to the next.…"It's perfect for us. Let's make
an offer." That evening Charles pored over the numbers, making sure we
could afford it. "I think we can swing it," he said. I tingled at the
thought of moving into our very own home. When the owners accepted our offer, I
whooped with joy. "Thank you, Lord."
…"We don't have the
money now," Charles said soberly. "You're right," I said.
"We don't have the money. But God does. I'm going to ask him for it."
The sum of $10,000 came to mind. Each morning I prayed in faith, "Lord,
thank you for the $10,000 now hidden, to be revealed according to your
will."
Was I treating God like
a vending machine? Pop in a prayer and out slides the answer. I remembered
times in my life when I have been more focused on my own agenda that on his
will. But somehow this time was different. Our new home had come into our lives
in such a miraculous way. With a failed job and a bankruptcy in our past, it
seemed we had lost our chance to have a place of our own. I prayed, believing,
sure of what I hoped for and certain of what I did not see.
Two weeks before
closing, Charles flew to Kentucky to visit his ailing parents. Charles told
Robert about the condominium and my strange prayer.
A knowing smile spread
across Robert's face. "I think I know the answer," he said. "Mom
just released $10,000 to each of us from Dad's estate. I planned to tell you
about it today."
What had been hidden was
now revealed — and the timing, God's timing, was perfect.
Karen O'Connor
Adapted from The Prayer Bible Jean E. Syswerda, general
editor, Tyndale House Publishers (2003), p 1369.
Content is derived
from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation and other publications of Tyndale
Publishing House
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