5. Trusting if I don't get it
Hebrews 11:39-40 39These were all commended for their faith, yet none of them received what had been promised. 40God had planned something better for us so that only together with us would they be made perfect.
This is the hardest one for me to swallow, but it's true. All of the people mentioned by name or alluded to in Hebrews 11 were all commended for their faith. These people looked forward to a better day and salvation, but none of them received what had been promised in this life.
Of course, they saw some of God's promises fulfilled, but not the promises that referred to the new covenant and the promised eternal kingdom. These people did not live to see the kingdom arrive, but their future citizenship was secure there. Thus, they were able to endure suffering.
Real faith is when you can trust the Lord, and mean it, when you say "your will be done." Even if what you wanted to happen, what you thought was the will of God, hasn't come to pass yet, you still trust Him. It's no lack of faith in any way when we come to the point of saying, "God, your will be done." In fact, that is faith – trusting Him!
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