As I study through The Scripture looking back at the Old Testament, Our forefather Abram..Abraham, God made a covenanant(promise)to him. (in Genesis) that the promised that HE would deliver him to the promise land. It took 4 generations for this promise to be fulfilled.
As I read through seeing that
Abraham passed this covenant(promise) down to Jacob since it wasnt fulfilled in his lifetime, then Jacob to Moses, then Moses to Joshua,
Once Joshua took over from Moses, he journeyed with them through the wilderness they were there in the wilderness for 40 years{first with Moses now with Joshua) right at the end of the journey there was literally a straight shot to the promise land, God sent them through back to the wilderness to avoid great battles they couldnt overcome. THey had to believe and have faith enough to go that way instead of using there own judgement and literally be killed. Even though they went through battles, going the long way around, God delivered them.. just as He promised..
...woooohhhhhhh.....
Think about it this way:
You
Your daddy
Your grandad
Your great grandad
You are Joshua, your dad is Moses, Your grandad is Jacob, Your great grandad is Abraham.
Your Great grandad tells your grandad that God made him a promise, He ages and passes, then your grandad begins to age and tells your dad about this promise to be fulfilled that was told to your great grandad.. then your dad ages and tells you... Now Honestly, Would you really head this promise? Who heartedly your family has done been around the bin and back for many, many years then you actually sense that you are going to be able to fulfill this promise deliver your people from there Slavehood and you have go out of the way, instead of on the easy street literally over the river and through the woods (wilderness as it puts it in Exodus 13:17-19) just to get to the promise that was promised to your great grandad. Would you believe? Will you Believe... its impossible if we dont, but nothing is impossible WHEN we do.
Hmm... What great FAITH! And to think that we could lack in faith and effect generations and generations and generations to come.. simply because our faith isnt big enough.
So many times in our lives, we find ourselves in what appears to be this wilderness where we are just lost, cant find our way out wondering why in the world God let us get here.
Little do we know, God planned it accordingly as long as we are obiediant to where God wants us to be, in our faith its the precise plan. He might just be safeguarding us from some battle
we just arent prepared to fight. Maybe its because that battle is just to big for the small faith we have and God is afraid that we might run back to no following in His way. His will.
How comforting is it to know that amidst the trials of life, in our own wilderness that we are in that it could be so much worse. We dont know what God is saving us from. We just have to
grow our faith, allow God to stretch it just as far as He can so that we are sure we are in His will.. on His perfect path. Maybe that perfect path is going to be the long way around but what a blessing to know that when we are on that path we experiance such peace, safety, and security! Even in those times we cant see... God has already seen.
Praise God for all His wonderful measures of safety, and stretching of each of your faith as we follow in His will!
Its not just you who has to wait for these things to happen.. It happens in Gods Precise timing.. not early ... not late.. right on time
1 John 5:4 "whatever is born of God overcomes the world, this is the victory that overcomes the world OUR FAITH"
2 Corinthians 2:14 "God always delivers us to victory in Christ
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