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I have just a couple to share this week, both from a post at True Woman:
“In every situation and circumstance of your life, God is always doing a thousand different things that you cannot see and you do not know.” ~ John Piper
Don’t judge the outcome of the battle by the way things look right now. ~ Nancy Leigh DeMoss
I love those behind-the scenes glimpses that God gives us sometimes in the Bible, like the unseen host surrounding Elisha or Michael’s mention of what had been going on in response to Daniel’s prayer. We just have to take it on faith in our own lives that even though a situation seems insurmountable or prayers seem to go unheeded, God is at work. I think it will be really neat in heaven to learn how God was at work in different situations throughout our lives!
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Isn’t that the truth! It WILL be interesting to see what all He was “up to” behind the scenes!
Two great quotes there!
“Don’t judge the outcome of the battle by the way things look right now.”
Both those quotes are just what I need to hear. We walk by faith, not sight. Right now there are many things I can’t see and I need to remember that’s okay. It doesn’t mean God is not working; it just means I need to trust him even more. Thanks, Barbara, for your faithful hostessing.
“At first lay down as a fact fundamental,
That nothing with God can be accidental.”
Longfellow
Those quotes remind me of the faith heroes of Hebrews 11, who “died in faith, not having received the things promised, but having seen them and greeted them from afar.” Of course, God was working out His promise–but it didn’t look like it at the time. Oh, that I would believe like they, recognizing that God is at work whether I see His activity or not.
My pastor gave a quote from Tim Keller yesterday that touches on a similar idea — something like, God gives us what we would pray for if we knew everything he knows. There’s always more happening that we know about.
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I’m not sure if it was Dr. Piper where I first heard that thought that God is doing a thousand things. Those are comforting words in many circumstances both joyous and difficult.
So true.