ICSG Daily Devotions
How Would You Like Your Story to be Written in the Hall of Faith?
Do you know that our names and life records are in the Hall of Faith? Every one of us has a lifestyle of faith to live out. All of us are on individual journeys with or without the Lord because it is a matter of choice.
Very often, we forget God when things are running smoothly but when a crisis hits, we seek God to bail us out quickly. Crises will bring us back to God as we seek help and refuge. Preferably, God will grant us a quick fix or bail us out quickly when we need to settle matters urgently. Unfortunately, there is always a process after uttering the word “Amen” in our prayers to the time we experience a breakthrough or any kind of results or resolutions. It can be frustrating because we are running out of patience. However, the Bible says that it is through faith and patience that we inherit the promises of God. We need to cultivate both faith and patience. God is interested to help and deliver us, but He is more interested in creating and developing the relationship with us than to provide us with a breakthrough immediately. He is creating in us the character to trust Him and in the process, we learn perseverance, patience, hope, faith, thankfulness, grace and love.
Exodus 17:6 (NKJV) Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock in Horeb; and you shall strike the rock, and water will come out of it, that the people may drink.” And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.
God wants us to seek Him diligently. He delivered the Israelites out of their distress, but He does not only want to be a bailer in the event of an emergency because He wants to have a close walk with us.
If God is able to produce water out of a solid rock, then He is able to make a breakthrough for us in any situations. It is a faith builder and an assurance from God. Our impossible situation may be like producing water out of a rock! But God wants us to seek Him diligently. God raised up Moses to deliver the Israelites when they cried out to Him. It took years to raise up someone so the deliverance was not immediate. God responded to their cries. Moses led them out of Egypt but their hearts were still in Egypt. Similarly, we might have chosen Jesus as our Lord and Savior but our hearts might still be with the world. Therefore, we need to return to the Lord wholeheartedly if we have been flirting with the world. We have to really begin pursuing Him if we want Him to deliver us out of our distressing situations.
The choice to live a life with the Lord by faith is ours to make. How would you like your story to be written in the Hall of Faith? Are you on a faith journey with God? You should!
Sermon Series: You Are in the Hall of Faith!
