Faith is not the conviction that God will give you whatever you want. It is the conviction that God will give you what is best. To have faith is first of all to give our lives over to God’s purposes and walk with him. It is on that pathway that faith applies. If we are not on that pathway and if we are asking God to bless our misdirected lives then we are being presumptuous not trusting. The promises of God are tied to the purposes of God. When you walk in the purposes of God you also walk under his promises. You can believe and know that God will come through for you (in whichever way and at whatever time he sees fit). But even when we stray God is still faithful and is committed to drawing us back to himself. God has a perfect record of faithfulness to his people and Hebrews 11 gives us a list of those people who believed and whose faith God honoured. It is important to recognise though that all of these people struggled at times feeling that God wasn’t coming through for them. They had to believe against all the evidence. They are commended for their faith not because they breezed through life calmly. They all had times when their faith wavered. But, in the end, they would not let go of their hope. So, whatever it is that you are wanting to see God come through on, don’t give up hope. If your life is in God’s hands then so are your concerns. God will show himself faithful in the end.
Give your concerns over to God.
Read Hebrews 11 again
