By Kim Beach
There is not one athletic bone in my body. I’ve tried. Just not there.
My husband and kids are the athletes. Soccer. Dance. Hike. Bike. Run. Camping. Ski. Just not me.
I do try. I’ve spent more hours on a soccer field than I can begin to imagine and to adapt I adopted the model of just yelling when the others do. I cheered “Go White!” or red or black or blue, depending on the season and the time. After 12 years of watching, I was feeling pretty confident I had mastered the language of soccer.
Then my husband told me that a friend scored a Hat-Trick in a game. A hockey game. I was literally amazed. My jaw dropped. David said it was rare and I had no reason to doubt him. For hours as played at an amusement park I pondered an ice-hockey hat-trick. Wow.
In my awe I asked, “how can you score a hat-trick in hockey? That would hurt!”
After my three family members stopped rolling on the ground in the middle of Walt Disney World, my patient hubby explained that a hat-trick meant they scored three goals in one game.
Oh. I felt pretty silly. But the truth was: I didn’t know what I didn’t know.
The Christian walk of Faith is the same way. We believe God is working. It is His character to keep His word and He tell us in Romans 8:28 “all things work together for good for those that love Him.” We trust He knows what is Good. We trust He has a plan. We hope in the outcome.
From the Old Testament to the New Testament, there are 400 years of silence. No prophets. No revelations. God’s chosen people only have the promises of the past. The Israelites pray and wait for their Messiah.
There is not one athletic bone in my body. I’ve tried. Just not there.
My husband and kids are the athletes. Soccer. Dance. Hike. Bike. Run. Camping. Ski. Just not me.
I do try. I’ve spent more hours on a soccer field than I can begin to imagine and to adapt I adopted the model of just yelling when the others do. I cheered “Go White!” or red or black or blue, depending on the season and the time. After 12 years of watching, I was feeling pretty confident I had mastered the language of soccer.
Then my husband told me that a friend scored a Hat-Trick in a game. A hockey game. I was literally amazed. My jaw dropped. David said it was rare and I had no reason to doubt him. For hours as played at an amusement park I pondered an ice-hockey hat-trick. Wow.
In my awe I asked, “how can you score a hat-trick in hockey? That would hurt!”
After my three family members stopped rolling on the ground in the middle of Walt Disney World, my patient hubby explained that a hat-trick meant they scored three goals in one game.
Oh. I felt pretty silly. But the truth was: I didn’t know what I didn’t know.
The Christian walk of Faith is the same way. We believe God is working. It is His character to keep His word and He tell us in Romans 8:28 “all things work together for good for those that love Him.” We trust He knows what is Good. We trust He has a plan. We hope in the outcome.
From the Old Testament to the New Testament, there are 400 years of silence. No prophets. No revelations. God’s chosen people only have the promises of the past. The Israelites pray and wait for their Messiah.
They wait as God moved nations in and out of power. As rulers came and were replaced. Families celebrated births and mourned deaths. They waited as God set the world stage for the most miraculous event of all time! A baby born to the right person, in the right nation, under the right ruler at the exact time need for all prophecy to be fulfilled.
You
are waiting today. For a
miracle. In silence. You are clinging to the whisper of God’s promise and at times
the screams of the storm drown out the voice of God and you doubt His promise,
His word, His faithfulness! You’ve reached a point that
if God doesn’t
intervene your very life is lost!
But, you don’t know what you don’t know!
You don’t know what battles are being waged in the spirit world on your behalf! You don’t know the victories that have already been won! You don’t know who God is moving into place to bless you! You don’t know the amazing miracle that awaits you!
Don’t give up! Hold on! God is working! You are not alone!
“Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the Lord your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you.” Deuteronomy 31:6
You don’t know what you don’t know - but you know the ONE who does! He is working on your behalf!
But, you don’t know what you don’t know!
You don’t know what battles are being waged in the spirit world on your behalf! You don’t know the victories that have already been won! You don’t know who God is moving into place to bless you! You don’t know the amazing miracle that awaits you!
Don’t give up! Hold on! God is working! You are not alone!
“Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the Lord your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you.” Deuteronomy 31:6
You don’t know what you don’t know - but you know the ONE who does! He is working on your behalf!
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