Trust in the Lord

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Jeremiah 17:5-8 contrasts those who trust in the Lord as those who is like a tree planted by the water whose leaves are always green and who bear fruit in season with no fear of drought, compared to those who don’t who are like a bush in wastelands, who live in parched places of the desert and in a salt land that no one lives. In other words, a life of prosperity vs a life of desolation. Greenery, flowers and fruits versus dry, abandoned and waste land.

Noah built the ark on instructions from God and waited for the rain. Caleb and Joshua waited for 40 years before entering the Promised Land. Rebekah waited 40 years to have a child. Jacob waited 7 years to marry Rachel. Simeon waited and waited for many years before he saw baby Jesus. Moses was 40 years old after he left Egypt but only heard the calling of God from the burning bush when he was 80. Even Jesus waited until He was thirty before He begin His ministry.

Trusting God and waiting upon Him is very much part of our walk of faith. Things will occur and unfold in His time. But we know that He will make all things beautiful in His time.

The message today and my encouragement to you and myself is that we must keep on trusting God as we wait upon Him. Don’t give up hope and abandon His call for our lives. We will soon see His plans for us unfold. As we pray for certain things, wait patiently for those things to come to pass. If God had impressed upon our hearts for those events to happen, continue to pray and trust in Him. It may take 10, 20, 30 or 40 years or it may come to pass in 3 years. Let’s continue to wait and trust the Lord and look to Christ heavenward even as we serve Him with all our heart, mind and strength. Christ is and will always be our Lord and Saviour, and our Heavenly Father will always be our God and Father!