YOU may not understand why your case or life situations seem different from others. What you need most is to simply trust God because He knows everything about you. Your situation may be part of God’s will for your life, as the scriptures say, Romans 8: 28 “We know that in everything God works for good with those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.” Therefore, you must trust God completely and learn to exercise patience with Him to bring good out of that seemingly terrible situation.

There are many examples of people in the Bible, whose cases look hopeless humanly speaking, yet it turned out gloriously in the end. Zechariah and Elizabeth was patient and God blessed them with a son; likewise Abraham and Sarah. Husband, do not give your wife time limit to have a baby or else you will send her away. Likewise, as a wife, never you give your husband an illegitimate child in an effort to meet his demand. Stay in your own land, that is, in your matrimonial home. Do not rush into a strange land. Endurance is a virtue to be possessed to have success in life. God has solid plan for everybody, though there could be delay in an area of your life. It does not suggest that God has abandoned you.

The scripture says: Jeremiah 29:11 “For I know the plans I have for you, says the LORD, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.” God’s care towards men is extraordinary. If He gave His Son Jesus Christ as ransom for our sins, and changed our condemnation to justification, brought us from death to life and give us eternal life, what else can He not give to us? Elimelech, Naomi and their two sons ran to Moab as a result of impatience. When there was famine in Bethlehem-Judea, God knew about it, but Elimelech and his family became impatient and the outcome was grievous.

This teaches that either in rain or sunshine, if we truly trust in God, we must wait for Him. Even when the going is rough and tough, you must not take a wrong step; rather, you must wait and let God speak. He wants us to be optimistic even in a frustrating world. In the history of creation, God created water before He created fish and all the water animals; He did not create man until He had created all things man needed for comfortable living. Obviously, He was busy putting things together for man’s eventual usage. If God did not create man in a hurry, man must, therefore, learn how to patiently wait upon God. If what you are expecting from God has not come and you are sure it is not your sin that hinders you, then you must be patient. After the demise of Elimelech and his two sons, Naomi was left with her two daughters–in–laws, and then Naomi arose to return from the country of Moab, when she heard that God had visited His people. (Ruth 1:5-6) “And both Mahlon and Chilion died, so that the woman was bereft of her two sons and her husband. Then she started with her daughters-in-law to return from the country of Moab, for she had heard in the country of Moab that the LORD had visited His people and given them food.

• Prophet (Dr.) Abiara is General Evangelist, CAC Worldwide
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