We have dreams, and we are full of promises. When everything follows its path, we feel great and confident. But when things we planned or hoped for don’t work as we expected, it is harder to stay grateful and hopeful. We ask ourselves: Was this a false promise? In Matthew 7:7, it is written: “Ask and you shall receive,” so we might wonder why didn’t we receive yet what we asked for. So many questions come to disturb our minds when things don’t go our way. Why didn’t I get that job that seemed to be perfect for me? Why am I not pregnant yet? Why did I miscarry? Why didn’t I find a loving partner?
Maybe we were so full of trust that we didn’t envisage the worst-case scenario until it occurred. And this thought makes us feel ashamed or foolish. Some people might even tease us. ‘So what’s happened to the promise ?’ Well, we shouldn’t feel bad because we believed our dream would come true. The enemy will try to make us feel this way, whispering negative thoughts like “don’t keep your hopes too high” “don’t rejoice until you see it,” but in reality, there is no such thing as too much hope.
On the contrary, the scripture calls us to hope all day long: “Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long.” Psalm 25:5 | NIV
I think that perhaps, our ego that makes us forget that we are not the ones to have the final say. We tend to believe that God owes us the things we want. God doesn’t owe us anything. He gives us freely, and we freely receive it. But there is never any obligation, neither for Him to give us, neither for us to accept it.
God promises, and He makes it come true, there is no doubt about that, but let’s not forget that God has His own timing. “With the Lord one day is as a thousand years and a thousand years as one day” (2 Peter 3:8, AMP). He is not in a rush, and neither should you.
God didn’t forget you. He is patient and loving. He is giving you more time to prepare, to repent, to turn away from anything that is not His.
God is in control. Today again, He breathed life into your lungs. The promise you are waiting for is guaranteed. It will come to pass in God’s timing. Trust Him, thank Him in advance for what is about to happen.
Be patient.
“I say to myself, “The Lord is my portion; therefore I will wait for him.” Lamentations 3:24 | NIV
“But as for me, I watch in hope for the Lord, I wait for God my Savior; my God will hear me.“Micah 7:7 | NIV
God will hear you, so you can put your hope in Him and ask Him for guidance. His promise will come true! You will get that job! You will have your baby! You will find a loving partner. What you ask you will receive, in God’s perfect timing.
sweet spirit motivation 