Encouraging Confidence!

Why do we need frustration in this life? Why do we need technical breakdowns? Why do we need the best laid plans and systems to sometimes fail? So that we can be reminded of how truly good we have it when it comes to the most important stuff!

Last night and this morning I had a little frustration. E-mail from our computer was getting out, but we weren’t receiving for some reason. I was encouraged when I talked with our provider today to find out they were fixing a problem and it was therefore not our computer acting up. The representative I talked with did admit it was possible we may have lost some messages sent to us during that time. However, if we were now starting to receive some messages, the others might begin to start trickling in. So we shall wait to see what else comes in.

Though we were not receiving messages, it was encouraging to know that the messages I was sending were GETTING THROUGH. The sending from our end was being successful and the messages were being received by those to whom they were directed. I verified this through another e-mail account, as well as a site to which we post messages. So even though I was not receiving, what I was sending was GETTING THROUGH.

There may be times when we pray and pray and perhaps wonder if we are GETTING THROUGH. A sense of discouragement might begin to set in when we don ’t get an immediate answer or response to our request. However, the Scriptures encourage us that our outgoing (or perhaps, “upgoing”) messages do reach our loving God. And though we may have to wait a while, He is working out His Will as He keeps the full arena of our life in view.

John encouraged…
“(13) I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God that you may know that you have eternal life. (14) And this is THE CONFIDENCE THAT WE HAVE TOWARD HIM, THAT IF WE ASK ANYTHING ACCORDING TO HIS WILL HE HEARS US.” ( 1 John 5:13-14 ESV)

Even when we wonder, the confidence we can have as Christians is that our messages to God do GET THROUGH. His message system is not hampered by the things which plague man’s electronic inventions. With man’s communication systems I have confidence there will be down time. There will be needed times for rebooting, reconfiguring, reconnecting, repairing, etc.
But with God we will always be able to GET THROUGH. He hears. He is fully aware. Let us be encouraged to place confidence in His system.

Have a great day CONFIDENT IN OUR CONNECTION WITH GOD!
Carl

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