Philippians 1:12-14 “Now I want you to
know, brethren, that my circumstances have turned out for the greater progress
of the gospel, so that my imprisonment
in the cause of Christ has become well known throughout the whole praetorian
guard and to everyone else, and that most of the brethren, trusting in the Lord because of my imprisonment,
have far more courage to speak the word of God without fear.” (NASB)
Hello,
My kids love going to the zoo. (If you have an hour or two to kill, just ask
my son to tell you about his last trip – or any trip for that matter!) One
thing you see there is everyone trying to get to the front. You see, the view
is better of the animals from the front…you don’t have to strain to see around
those tall people. We like to be in the front. We don’t just do this at the
zoo, we tend to do this in everything. We want to see what is coming and be
aware of whatever is in front of us. We feel like that is how we get the full
appreciation of the moment. We take in the scenery and then try to remember everything
that happens.
But with God, that appreciation typically comes after the
fact. We step through things in life, and don’t usually get to appreciate the
moments before or as they happen. But if we use our faith, and just step
through while trusting God – we will be able to sometime later turn back and
appreciate the moment afterwards.
I can’t promise when that afterwards will be. Paul got to
see his while he was still on earth, seeing the Gospel spread and believers increasing
in courage. But I am also sure there are things that he didn’t see or know of
until he reached heaven, and could appreciate at that time.
Belief for salvation is not the only faith taking item in
our lives – we must continually walk in faith. We should though periodically
look back and appreciate what God uses in our lives – and it is the walking in
faith that will allow those moments to come later.
Have a blessed day,
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