He lost his job.
He never would have changed his job.
He liked his job.
He was comfortable in his job.
He immediately sent his resume out.
He was hired.
He started his new job.
He is challenged at his new job.
He loves his new job.
He is confident that unfortunate circumstances were used as a pathway to a new beginning.
Confidence requires faith that . . .
there is something more to come
and that God has a plan
and is at work using the circumstance to create a pathway
to something new.
Hebrews 11:1 provides a definition of faith: Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen (NASB).
People lacked confidence in God. They could not imagine that God would become part of humanity
to change lives . . .
to provide a way for a personal relationship with God . . . .
to give new life.
Then again . . . it seems impossible:
That's when some of the people of Jerusalem said, "Isn't this the one they were out to kill? And here he is out in the open, saying whatever he pleases, and no one is stopping him. Could it be that the rulers know that he is, in fact, the Messiah? And yet we know where this man came from. The Messiah is going to come out of nowhere. Nobody is going to know where he comes from."
(John 7:25-27, The Message)
At the end of the day, the people would have to make the choice of faith
that God was present and at work in their midst.
Faith is a daily choice.
Make a daily chose of faith.
Stop.
Seek God first.
Surrender to the work of God.
Look through the circumstance to see that God will use it to a pathway of new beginning.
Learning with you to make a daily choice of faith,
Kerrie
(All devotions written by Kerrie Palmer ©2009 All Rights Reserved)
