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 Faith It is the will of God that we all get into a right standing relationship with Him. And His promises are designed for this purpose. I have asked myself these questions before, perhaps you have too. "Why doesn't God save me?" He has accomplished and provided for my salvation, but I have not yet entered into a relationship with Him. "Why doesn't God do everything we ask?" He has done it. The point is - will I step into this covenant relationship? All the great blessings of God are finished and complete, but they are not mine until I enter into a relationship based on His terms and not my own. That is why things don't work out in the long run for those who try to create a god of their own understanding. God is not created by us, we are created by Him. Waiting for God to act is a form unbelief. It means I have no faith in Him. I wait for Him to do something in me so I may trust in that. But God won't do it because that is not the basis of the God and Man relationship. Man must go beyond the physical body and feelings with his relationship with God, just as God goes beyond Himself in reaching out with His relationship with man. It is a question in Faith in God - a very rare thing indeed. We seem to only have faith in our feelings. “I don't believe in God until he puts something tangible in my hand so that I know I have it. Then I say "Now I believe" There is no faith in that. God says "Look to Me not to things and you will be saved" (Isaiah 45:22)
Application and Implementation When I really get down to business with God on His terms and not my own, letting everything else go, there is a wonderful sense of being in union with God, and that is where I truly can find serenity. This week I will live life on God’s terms. Not my own, not even life’s terms but the creator of life.
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