“Now faith is confidence in what we hope
for and assurance about what we do not see.”
(Hebrews 11:1 NIV)
Hope
is to leave unanswered questions unanswered and unknown futures unknown. Hope makes you see God's guiding hand not
only in the gentle and pleasant moments but also in the shadows of
disappointment and darkness.
--
Henri J. M. Nouwen in Secrets of a Good Life, published by The Upper
Room, Nashville, TN. Used with
permission.
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Showing posts with label unknown. Show all posts
Wednesday, January 18, 2017
Friday, August 28, 2015
STEPPING OUT IN FAITH
I don't know about you, but
I want God to reveal the second step before I take the first step in faith. But
I've discovered that if I don't take the first step, God generally won't reveal
the next step. We've got to be obedient to the measure of revelation God has
given us if we want more of it. And that's why we get stuck spiritually. We
want more revelation before we obey more, but God wants more obedience before
He reveals more.
Most of us will only follow
Christ to the point of precedence -- the place where we have been before. But
no further. We're afraid of doing what we've never done because it's unfamiliar
territory. So we leave unclaimed the new gifts, new annointings, and new dreams
that God wants to give us.
If you want to do something new, you cannot keep doing
what you've always done. You've got to push past the fear of the unknown.
You've got to do something different.
-- Mark Batterson in
All In
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Tuesday, June 23, 2015
IN THE UNKNOWN PLACES
"Have
I not commanded you? Be strong and of
good courage; do not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with
you wherever you go." (Joshua 1:9)
No fear haunts more than the fear of the unknown. Whether it be facing a new job or relocating our home or the dread we feel before surgery or awaiting results of medical tests, it stalks our path all our days. …
The life of the Christian is always uncertain. There are no guarantees. Paul tells the Ephesian elders at a time of change in his life, "And now, compelled by the Spirit, I am going to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there" (Acts 20:22). Going and Not Knowing seems to be the paradigm of the life of faith. But in the unknown places, God is there before you.
-- Richard L. Morgan in I Never Found That Rocking Chair
#3681
No fear haunts more than the fear of the unknown. Whether it be facing a new job or relocating our home or the dread we feel before surgery or awaiting results of medical tests, it stalks our path all our days. …
The life of the Christian is always uncertain. There are no guarantees. Paul tells the Ephesian elders at a time of change in his life, "And now, compelled by the Spirit, I am going to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there" (Acts 20:22). Going and Not Knowing seems to be the paradigm of the life of faith. But in the unknown places, God is there before you.
-- Richard L. Morgan in I Never Found That Rocking Chair
#3681
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