The sun has set here in Sydney, Australia and being a Friday evening, this is often the time I sit down to write my weekly – or not so weekly! – blog. Having been away one weekend and very busy the next, I see it’s almost three weeks since I last posted, but my thoughts are still on the topic of faith.
The last time I wrote I spoke about Joshua, a Bible character renowned for his faith, and how this man deeply inspires me as a leader. Someone who inspires me on another level however is Abraham, and tonight I simply want to share something I found while reading about Abraham’s calling in Patriarchs and Prophets (Ellen G White, p 125-131 ) that may encourage you.
“God leads His children by a way that they know not, but He does not forget or cast off those who put their trust in Him. He permitted affliction to come upon Job, but He did not forsake him. He allowed the beloved John to be exiled to lonely Patmos, but the Son of God met him there, and his vision was filled with scenes of immortal glory. God permits trials to assail His people, that by their constancy and obedience they themselves may be spiritually enriched, and that their example may be a source of strength to others. ‘I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord, plans for your welfare and not for harm, to give you a future with hope.’ Jeremiah 29:11. The very trials that task our faith most severly and make it seem that God has forsaken us, are to lead us closer to Christ, that we may lay all our burdens at His feet and experience the peace which He will give us in exchange.”
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