Stubborn to a fault. Hard-headed. Tenacious. Obstinate. Opinionated. Headstrong.
These words have all been used to describe me…believe it or not since before I was even born. I was a C-section because I wouldn't turn around. My parents have always said it was foreshadowing…and it most definitely was.
Because I have a tendency to be all of those words, the Lord usually has to use drastic measures to get my attention. Or, what ends up happening is I get so outraged and overwhelmed that things are not going my way and God knocks me on my face. And then asks if He has my attention. And then he completely blows me away with his faithfulness and his kindness. It is, afterall, his kindness that leads us to repentance. (Romans 2:4).
This scenario definitely happened last week. And yet again, the Lord is faithful, even though I am not. He humbles me where i am and makes me understand that He works everything together for the good of those who love him. in his timing. Not mine.
I want to be more like Abraham. Not the many sons part. But this part, found in Romans 4:18-25.
"In hope he believed against hope, that he should become the father of many nations, as he had been told, “So shall your offspring be.” He did not weaken in faith when he considered his own body, which was as good as dead (since he was about a hundred years old), or when he considered the barrenness of Sarah's womb. No distrust made him waver concerning the promise of God, but he grew strong in his faith as he gave glory to God, fully convinced that God was able to do what he had promised. That is why his faith was “counted to him as righteousness.” But the words “it was counted to him” were not written for his sake alone, but for ours also. It will be counted to us who believe in him who raised from the dead Jesus our Lord, who was delivered up for our trespasses and raised for our justification."
I"m resting on that this week — "No distrust made him waver concerning the promise of God, but he grew strong in his faith as he gave glory to God, fully convinced that God was able to do what he had promised."
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