Day 26 - Positive Belief

[For Abraham, human reason for] hope being gone, hoped in faith that he should become the father of many nations, as he had been promised, so shall your descendants be. He did not weaken in faith when he considered the impotence of his own body, which was as good as dead because he was about a hundred years old, or the barrenness of Sarah's womb. No unbelief or distrust made him waver converning the promise of God, but he grew strong and was empowered by faith as he gave praise and glory to God, fully satisfied and assured that God was able and mighty to keep His word and to do what He had promised." Romans 4: 18-21

"We must pray first and agree with God's plan, not plan and pray that our plan will work" (Meyers, pg. 88). 

"Positive belief in God's promises yields good results because the Good One sends them to us. Refuse to give up, and you will see the result of your positive belief." (pg. 90)

Prayer:
Dear Father in heaven, forgive my lack of belief. Forgive me for allowing Satan to deceive me or make me think I'm worthless or unworthy of Your miracles. I am worthy because You made me worthy. You are the God of the impossible, and I ask You to help me wait on You and never give up. In the name of Jesus Christ my Lord, I pray. Amen.

********** My Thoughts***********

Errrr

Have you ever felt like God is trying to tell you something over and over again but you are just too stubborn to listen because the choice has already been made and now you have to live with the consequences?

That's how today's reading made me feel.

Planning and organizing are a large part of my life.  Although, if you were to walk through my house, you would think the exact opposite as I tend to do more long term planning and organizing than short term stuff.

I need to remember that my life isn't mine.  Decisions that are made should be done through prayer and an open Bible.

Perhaps that reason promotion isn't finding me is because I stayed in the Army when God told me so vividly to get out?  Just like Abraham having to wait 25 years for God to provide the son He wanted him to have.  If Abraham would have trusted God and waited rather than doing things on his own, perhaps God would have given a son sooner, His way.

There I go again....disecting the reasons why God does things.

I gotta stop doing that, too.

Now it is time to pray and thank God for where we are and ask Him to forgive me for not listening.