Faith & Acceptance :)

It’s funny how faith grows from acceptance, but it does.

By accepting God’s Will, by asking God to make our will, His Will, our Faith will flourish and grow.  But it’s not until we accept God’s Will as our own –  that faith grows.

There are any number of things that we want, but figuring out if we truly need them is the key.  God does give us what we need-always, but He does not always give us what we want!

Think of how we parent our children.  We always want to give them what they want, but we know that it is not always good for them!  For example, what child would not rather go out and play versus doing homework, but then they do not learn.   So they may be happy in the short term, but definitely not in the long term! Memorizing Bible verses may not be as fun as playing, but a deep seated knowledge of the Bible will be needed to survive in this world. When a child is sick, they learn strength. And when a child struggles, they learn perseverance. All of these – they will need as adults…

 It’s the same with God, He loves us and wants us to be happy ?.  But always giving us what we want does not help us to grow, or necessarily give us what we will need in the future. 

It is, no doubt, harder when the issue is more difficult as when someone dies or we lose our job.  We can’t always understand why God allows bad things to happen to good people, but there are reasons. Good ones!

One is that God has to answer everyone’s prayers, not just our own.  Another is that what we think is a need, is actually a want.  We may not understand until we get to Heaven, but we will understand.

Until then, we need to Trust in God’s Love for us. Whatever His Answer-Yes, No or Not Yet, IS based on His Great Love for us and is ultimately for our Good 🙂