It Doesn’t Have To Happen The Way You Want It

Do you think that your faith is not working or God is not answering your prayers because your prayers have not yet been answered? Don’t be dismayed, the Lord is watching His word to fulfil it in your life (Jeremiah 1:12). However, you must know that it doesn’t have to happen the way you want it. This post explains more on this truth.

For My thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways My ways,” says the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts – Isaiah 55:8-9 (NKJV).

For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise – Hebrews 10:36 (KJV).

Many times Christians expect their lives to be 1 + 1 = 2. They expect that when they have followed the instructions of God that God will answer them immediately as they want. However, it doesn’t always work like that. God knows the best things for you and will always do or give them to you if you will trust Him. You need to exercise patience when you have done the will of God to receive your heart desire (Hebrews 10:36).

God’s thoughts and ways are higher than your thoughts and ways (Isaiah 55:8-9). He is the Alpha and the Omega and so knows the end from the very beginning (Isaiah 46:10). He knows your future and the things you need and when you need them to be able to fulfill your destiny. Trust the Almighty Father. Waiting on Him will always culminate in higher glory.

In Daniel 3, the three Hebrew boys trusted God to save them but they didn’t know how He was going to do it. They still held on to their faith and declaration even when they were carried to be thrown into the fire. However, God was waiting for them in the furnace. At the end, the name of God was highly glorified and the three Hebrews boys were promoted.

The Lord will not give you what will not be beneficial to you or what will derail your path from your destiny. Silver is a precious stone, but Gold is more valuable than it. God would prefer to give you gold at the appropriate time than to give you silver now and then you miss the gold later. Read more...