Has God Failed??

Has God Failed?
- NEVER -


Almost every morning lately I sing that song "My Lord knows the way through the wilderness." This is from Psalm 62 & 63. David is hiding from Saul, scared, and not knowing what to do. Many people are out looking to kill him as Saul had commanded. David had been faithful to God and is now running for his life. I know we all have situations where we don't know which way to go or what to do next. God says "follow Me." The song goes on to say "All I have to do is follow. Strength for today is mine all the way, And all I need for tomorrow" It sounds simple, doesn't it? Trust me it's not.

Most of our failures if not all come from our decisions to do things our way. But, God does not call us to do things our way. It is a trustworthy statement that; God's ways never fail. to often our definition of success is not God's. This venture with raising support to become missionaries with Youth For Christ Winnipeg is not going just as I had planned. My plans were to have had all the support raised by now, packing begun, passports and permits completed, and in the final stage of the move.

Now, just 3 weeks before I had originally planned on leaving for Canada we have one half of our needed support. What does this mean? Does it mean we are not going? Does it mean we just have to be patient? Does it mean we need to take another step of faith and move to Canada without the needed money? Does it mean God never called us to go to Canada? It means God is at work. God is working on His time table not mine.

I am sure many of you have been in the midst of many similar situations and experienced the same anxiety we are dealing with. To cut to the heart of the problem I believe we must be able to know why we are even here, what our purpose is, and where we are going.
1)We are here to glorify God
2)Our purpose is to do His Will
3)We are going to spend eternity with Him

I like to put these all together and just call it "Eternal Vision." Eternal Vision is having the ability to see beyond the now. Now we have struggles, now we have pains, now we have questions, now we have worries. But with Eternal Vision, the ability to see confidently in God's future promises, we can turn all these into peace.

You say; that's great David but what do you and I do now? First, we must trust in Him and His Word. Proverbs 3:6 says; "In all thy ways acknowledge him, And he will direct thy paths." (ASV)
In word: -- Jesus the Christ, you are the messiah, our long awaited redeemer, you are God, you are the one and only way, through you is our only hope. I proclam Jesus Christ. I shout out from the roof tops that Jesus Christ is my King and my Savior. I put all my trust in You! Speak of Jesus and what He means to you at work at home and at play. Keep Him in all your words.
In Deed: My family and I have surrendered ourselves, our wants, and our plans to follow Him. Despite that obviously pledges have slowed down we continue to believe that YFC Winnipeg is the direction God is leading. Surrender your actions to God. It does not always mean to become full time raise your own support missionaries. It means to glorify God in everything you do and wait on Him to do as He Wills.

In Wm. J. Reynolds' book 'Songs of Glory', he shares stories about the authors of some 300 songs. One of those is about the famous song writer, Andrae Crouch and how God gave him the music and words to the song, "Through It All". While Crouch was in the depths of depression, he became keenly aware of God's healing in his life. Sitting at the piano, God gave him these words:' I've had many tears and sorrows,I've had questions for tomorrow,There've been times I didn't know right from wrong.But in every situation, God gave blessed consolationThat my trials come to only make me strong.Through it all, Through it all,I've learned to trust in Jesus,I've learned to trust in God.Through it all, through it all,I've learned to depend upon His Word.I've been to lots of places,And I've seen lots of faces,There've been times I felt so all alone;But in my lonely hours,Yes, those precious lonely hours,Jesus let me know that i was His own.Through it all, Through it all,I've learned to trust in Jesus,I've learned to trust in God.Through it all, through it all,I've learned to depend upon His Word.I thank God for the mountains,And I thank Him for the valleys,I thank Him for the stormsHe brought me through;For if I'd never had a problem,I wouldn't know that He could solve them.I'd never know what faith in God could do.Through it all, Through it all,I've learned to trust in Jesus,I've learned to trust in God.Through it all, through it all,I've learned to depend upon His Word.

-- I pray each of us would learn to depend on and proclaim Him in all we do in every way.

We are confident that God will provide for us just as He plans. What this exactly means; I don’t know for tomorrow, but I can see with my Eternal Vision that things are going to work out beyond my wildest dreams. We trust in Jesus.

David