Week 4 — Wednesday: Trusting God For The Long Game
Isaiah 40:27-31
One thing I have learned is that our wonderful, Almighty God is faithful. He is beyond faithful! We pray for the things we need and the things we want, and He grants them to us most of the time. I have learned recently how God has answered prayers for the long game. He has given me my daily bread, daily. Not just once but over and over as I needed it. Sometimes we think He says, “no,” but I think He says, “later.” Looking back over my life and the times I asked and felt denied, He was really working a long game for my life. So now I see what He was doing. Now has become later. I can see His goodness and mercy and provision for my life, now.
When God said “later” to a better job for my husband, when He said “later” to a better house, it was for the long game. When I was too afraid to step out in a new way, He made provision for me so that I could do what He wanted in a safer way. When He made provision for me to go back to school, He made provision for me to get the job of my dreams before I even finished. When that job ended, He saw me through a difficult period of teaching. At the end of teaching, I saw what He had done by way of provision for my retirement. All along, He was working to provide for me and my family.
Are you asking? Is He saying “no” or “later”? Sometimes no is the very best thing, no matter how painful. Later is also painful but keep this thought, what is He doing in your life or your family’s life for the long game? He will always provide—He promised that!
—CONTRIBUTED BY DEBRA DOOLEY—
Anonymous
September 27, 2023 at 7:48 amAmen!
Beautiful messages!
Christine Pence
September 27, 2023 at 3:00 pmI have had some amazing moments when I have had fellowshipping with God and trusting God through extreme hardships for an example miracles happen over these past 7 years in my life and I mean miracles I suffered from a horrible toothache from the piece of a root or root of wisdom tooth in my lower left jaw for three plus years for many many years I suffered from horrible dental pain I had trouble with insurances I didn’t matter if I switched inches didn’t matter what it was I never had the money to get the surgery done I went to over the counter stuff for my dental care fighting with dentist fighting with insurance is for years praying to God for the relief in my job that triggered my migraines that caused me so much to build a petting pain is suffering in my jaw an infection I ate antibiotics like it was candy for years from doctors because I could not get headway with dentists December 2022 part of that tooth breaks I had a crazy day extreme vertigo that entire day was crazy lots of people needed me it was hard to function with really extreme vertigo and blurry vision cuz I also suffer from cataracts and I’m only 41 years old I was diagnosed when I was 38 and I need prayer for those by the way please a long story short I remember that day God spoke that entire week and he said through somebody on a YouTube live stream and they knew my name was Christine and they said God said that you trust him God said that Christine he said that you trust him and I did trust God and the people in the live stream said worship God with Us Christine I had company that day and I did not care what they thought I threw my hands up and I burst it out and tongues and I just started feeling the holy Ghost and the fire of God and that was the most epic day there was so much epicness that day I never forgot what he said to me epic things ever happened to me concerning this tooth and I just spoke in tongues and I did not care what anybody thought about because I could feel the fire of the holy Ghost and I sat there and that entire week was all gone but that one specific day was amazing and then God did something February of 2023 and I found a dentist and they want to charge me over $3,000 I live on a fixed income I can’t afford it I had no friends or family willing to help then they lowered it to 485 and then I literally had two friends say we are going to pay for your dental treatment cuz I was suffering so bad with pain and then the day I went in for oral surgery guess what God work a miracle I paid 0%, my insurance covered everything that has never happened to me before and I was praising God and the moment that the dentist which I believe he may have been a Christian because he said God bless you after but long story short I was in shock when they pulled that painful tooth out of my jaw and even completely numb I could still feel the pain in my jaw and I healed within 12 weeks after oral surgery with no dry socket after the blood clot came out too early and the stitches and even though I still have jaw pain till this day because the tooth did damage I am forever healed in the blood of Christ because he made a way for that tooth to be pulled and that pain is gone praise Jesus praise God talk about trust God bless an amazing testimony I had to share I have many more like this God bless you all I love you all much loving Christ God bless have a great day