by Dona Hake
“The Lord is my Shepherd I shall not want…” Psalm 23:1 I would venture to say that it is one of the most favorite Psalms of many. While He promises tender loving care and provision, we still need to believe that He is willing and able to do what He says. May we look to Him with hearts that believe that He is who He says He is. Many times our circumstances in life can test our faith yet God is calling us to believe upon Him no matter what we face in this life. I would like to share a quote from one of my favorite authors Francious DeFenelon. His writings have always challenged my heart, and I love the depth of revelation that he shares in his writings.
“Faith discerns God behind all the circumstances that try to hide Him.
Faith also holds you in a state of uncertainty.”
Many times we can find our hearts in unbelief simply because our eyes are too focused on our circumstances. The more we look at our circumstance the more real and powerful that circumstance seems. But we must ask the Lord what He is seeing in the midst of our circumstance. Behind the circumstance God is seeing an opportunity for His hand to graciously move in our lives. Also, our human nature sometimes hates to be in a place of uncertainty. We want to get through the trial and get it over with. Many times even in the midst of a trial, God is looking to work a new thing in our heart by His love and tender instruction. May I remind you of what I had shared yesterday about how God desires that patience have it’s perfect work in us in the midst of a trial. The God that asks us to live by faith is so ready to perform that which He said He would do, and all we need to do is release our faith and believe!
Hebrews 11:1-2 (VOICE)
“Faith is the assurance of things you have hoped for,
the absolute conviction that there are realities you’ve never seen.”