"The Lord does not delay regarding the promise, as some count delay, but is long-suffering toward you, not intending that any perish but that all advance to repentance. (2 Peter 3:9)"
I have been praying for my housing during the summer as well as the next academic year. Many things seem quite disappointing, and sometimes I don't know what else I can do anymore. However, this morning, I was shepherded by this verse in 2 Peter and being encouraged that His heart towards us is good. In various situations and even in the things regarding His promise, His heart is not to make us perish but so that we can all advance to repentance and gain Him more.
I am very thankful that in the afternoon, an email came to me to confirm that I have been allocated accommodation on campus over the summer. Somehow this hymn popped up my mind and made me want to cry - He faileth not, for He is God. The Lord demonstrated to me again His faithfulness so that I can follow Him.
While going on in life, I realise more and more that my faith is small. After this experience, I know that the Lord will still allow many things to come to me so that I can open to call upon Him, to cry out to Him, and to gain Him. In the midst of these experiences, I might still be of little faith regarding His promises, but I believe that the Lord will use them for His rich dispensation into me so that I can grow in life and faith. Most important of all, I will be able to follow Him and walk in Him in this life course.
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