Proverbs 3:5 (NKJV) 5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding;
This verse has become the words that Pastor Ellie and I have learned to live by.
This walk of faith is challenging. Some days it seems like nothing can go wrong. Other days it seems like everything goes wrong. Not that everything actually does go wrong. But it can seem that way if we look at it incorrectly.
That’s not to say that God isn’t faithful or that His promises aren’t true. It’s more to say that sometimes our heads get in the way. And when our heads get in the way, our hearts can’t see what God is doing.
2 Corinthians 5:7 (NKJV) 7 For we walk by faith, not by sight.
Learning to walk by faith and not by sight is a never-ending learning process. Some days we run like Gazelles! Other days we trip and fall. We scrape our knees and look to our Daddy to pick us up and brush the dirt off.
There are times when we see so clearly. And then there are days when there is a lot of fog to cut through.
But, here’s the truth in all of this.
God is on the throne. His promises are true! And when we face things in life that we don’t understand, it’s OK!
The important thing is that we look to Him for our answers. And when those answers come, we need to take Him at His word, even if it doesn’t make sense to our mind and our intellect.
We teach on this frequently. Why? Because it’s a profound truth that every single one of us needs to learn. We not only need to learn it, but we need to live by it!
So when things come along that you don’t understand, or if something doesn’t work out quite the way you had hoped it would, don’t fret. Don’t give up. And don’t turn away from God.
On the contrary. Run toward Him!
Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie
Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808
401-315-0902
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