Danny’s cousin in California is expecting a grandchild any
day now. The due date has passed so it won’t be much longer. The expectations
of this child, a girl, are great. Everything is just right, as with all first
babies, and all they are doing now is standing by in anticipation. This is
their first grandchild by their only daughter. So they are holding their breath
every time the phone rings.
Although their daughter has to go through the birth process,
they are full of anticipation of the wonder of holding a newborn baby in their
arms. The nine months of preparation followed by the few hours of concentration
will bring forth a wonderful gift. As great as the 9 months may have been, the
birth process cannot be avoided. It’s just part of it.
We know God has a plan for our life. We live in anticipation
of the realization of plans too wonderful for us to imagine. We give our life
to Jesus and then we expect things to go well. Too often though, expectation
and anticipation give way to worry and fear. We knew we wanted God to birth a
plan in our hearts, but we didn’t know it might hurt. We think “hey I’ve given
my heart to Jesus, He will give me something good to do and life will be just
right”.
We want a neat and tidy life. We don’t want birth pangs. We
don’t want the reality of our walk with Christ to go past our expected due
date. We definitely don’t want hard situations and yet God even uses these circumstances
to grow our faith.
Oh beloved, whatever you are going through today, God has
already been there. He’s doing behind the scenes prep work and He’s clearing
the way for your life to be a beautiful birth of His wonderful love. It may be
really rough right now, as you weren’t expecting what’s happening. But God is
with you. Your life is meant to be a shining example of His glory and
grace. When you go through the growing
pains of faith, your ultimate outcome is beautiful. It’s worth it. Don’t give
up in the middle of it all, for there is a wonderful reward awaiting you. And what
a blessing it is that you don’t have to go through it alone. Always present,
always leading, always teaching, always holding you safe in His arms – God is
there with you. He will see you through. He has promised to be with you all the
days of your life and on that you can rely. Hard times won’t last forever, so
hold on and talk to the Father often. He will soothe your weary brow, He will
speak His love Words over your situation and together you will make it.
Whatever it is, God is here.And he will birth the plan of God in you to its complete fulfillment. He loves you and He’s for you
and that’s all that really matters as you trust Him to make your life beautiful
and your faith grow as you live in the light of His Word.
Romans 5: 1-5 Therefore, having been justified by faith, we
have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom also we have obtained our
introduction by faith into this grace in which we stand; and we exult in hope
of the glory of God. And not only this,
but we also exult in our tribulations, knowing that tribulation brings about
perseverance; and perseverance, proven
character; and proven character, hope; and hope does not disappoint, because the love
of God has been poured out within our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was
given to us.
Philemon 1:6 and I pray that the fellowship of your faith
may become effective through the knowledge of every good thing which is in you
for Christ’s sake.
1 Peter 1:7 so that the proof of your faith, being more
precious than gold which is perishable, even though tested by fire, may be
found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ
Colossians 2:6-7 Therefore as you have received Christ Jesus
the Lord, so walk in Him, having been firmly rooted and now being built up in
Him and established in your faith, just as you were instructed, and overflowing
with gratitude.
Romans 8:28 And we know that God causes all things to work
together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to
His purpose.
Psalm 16:8 I know the Lord is always with me. I will not be
shaken, for He is right beside me.
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