Recently I was sent a daily devotional from Rick Warren that shared this info:
Noah waited 120 years from the time he started building the ark until it began to rain.
Abraham was told he would be the father of a great nation and didn’t have a child until he was 99.
God told Moses he would be the leader to lead his people out of 400 years of slavery, but then made him wait in the desert 40 years.
Joseph spent years in prison before God raised him up and he became the ruler God wanted him to be.
God had David anointed as king, but then David waited for years until he actually got to be king.
These guys had to wait. And sometimes you and I have to wait too.
Sometimes we get to see the blessings and fruit of serving God in our lives and sometimes we don't.
After sharing a great list of heroes of the faith, Hebrews 11:39 says...
"These were all commended for their faith, yet none of them received what had been promised."
And it got me thinking...God does not owe us fruit. We are not guaranteed to see the fruits of our labors. Seeing the fruit is a blessing and we should give thanks to God. God has already allowed Paola and I to see some fruits of our labors for Him and I thank Him for that.
Many people in the Bible died without ever seeing the blessing that God promised them. Yet there faith in what God had promised them never wavered. They remained strong and firm in their beliefs.
I want to be the same way. I want to be a person of strong faith even though I never see the fruits of my labors, never see the blessings or if God never answers another one of my prayers.
What He has already done in history is sufficient for me. How about you?
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It's true that He owe us nothing more than He has already given. What more can we ask for that can't be found in Christ? I'm with you Curt...I want my faith to grow into the fullness He authored before the foundations of this world. Thanks for writing this post.
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