Monday, March 10, 2014

Persistent.....

Hope you all enjoyed our journey through some of the characteristics of God.  I can never say to you enough, "We don't trust who we don't know".    Please continue to look at and meditate on the character of God daily.  Just pick one of His attributes and let it marinate in your mind and heart daily.

Today I was reading over the parable of the persistent widow from Luke 18:1-8.

Luke 18:1-8 (ESV)
And he told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart.
He said, “In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected man. And there was a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’ For a while he refused, but afterward he said to himself, ‘Though I neither fear God nor respect man, yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will give her justice, so that she will not beat me down by her continual coming."  And the Lord said, “Hear what the unrighteous judge says. And will not God give justice to his elect, who cry to him day and night? Will he delay long over them? I tell you, he will give justice to them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?”

As I thought about how persistent she was I thought about my little nephew and how persistent he is at the age of 20 months when he wants something.  Even as I write this blog I can see me this morning listening to him say, “duck, duck, duck, duck, duck, duck” and pointing to the window.  We live on a lake and that is part of our morning ritual at times.  Once he is up and coherent he likes us to raise the blinds so he can see the ducks.  This morning it wasn't happening fast enough for him because I wasn't coherent – seeing as how he had been awake from 3:00 a.m. to 5:30 a.m.  So excuse me if I didn't just snap to it at 7:30 a.m.-  ha,ha,ha!  If you are a parent or a parent figure with a young toddler or child you know what I'm talking about.  

Our Father wants us as His children to be persistent when we are praying and not lose heart if we see no immediate response.  This passage encourages us in principle to continue to seek Him until we have an answer.   That answer may be yes, no, wait, or specific clarity for what you are to do or not do.  One of the things I am learning to do these days is to pray until I am released.  Yes, until I have peace in my soul over the issue.  Peace doesn't mean I got what I prayed for; it means I know He heard what I had to say and released me, for me to trust Him that He will act in the best interest of the situation for His Glory. 

Tanzania will open up for registration next week on Monday. Missionary women, remember we take the first 50 ladies that register, then start a waiting list. So first come, first served.

Our theme is "I Shall Not Be Moved" and our verse is Psalm 62:6.

His,
Vickie

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