I Am Trusting And Believing And Waiting On My God...
Daniel 6:16-23 (Amplified Bible)
16) Then the king commanded, and Daniel was brought and cast into the den of lions. The king said to Daniel, May your God, Whom you are serving continually, deliver you!
17) And a stone was brought and laid upon the mouth of the den, and the king sealed it with his own signet and with the signet of his lords, that there might be no change of purpose concerning Daniel.
18) Then the king went to his palace and passed the night fasting, neither were instruments of music or dancing girls brought before him; and his sleep fled from him.
19) Then the king arose very early in the morning and went in haste to the den of lions.
20) And when he came to the den and to Daniel, he cried out in a voice of anguish. The king said to Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living God, is your God, Whom you serve continually, able to deliver you from the lions?
21) Then Daniel said to the king, O king, live forever!
22) My God has sent His angel and has shut the lions' mouths so that they have not hurt me, because I was found innocent and blameless before Him; and also before you, O king, [as you very well know] I have done no harm or wrong.
23) Then the king was exceedingly glad and commanded that Daniel should be taken up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no hurt of any kind was found on him because he believed in (relied on, adhered to, and trusted in) his God.
16) Then the king commanded, and Daniel was brought and cast into the den of lions. The king said to Daniel, May your God, Whom you are serving continually, deliver you!
17) And a stone was brought and laid upon the mouth of the den, and the king sealed it with his own signet and with the signet of his lords, that there might be no change of purpose concerning Daniel.
18) Then the king went to his palace and passed the night fasting, neither were instruments of music or dancing girls brought before him; and his sleep fled from him.
19) Then the king arose very early in the morning and went in haste to the den of lions.
20) And when he came to the den and to Daniel, he cried out in a voice of anguish. The king said to Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living God, is your God, Whom you serve continually, able to deliver you from the lions?
21) Then Daniel said to the king, O king, live forever!
22) My God has sent His angel and has shut the lions' mouths so that they have not hurt me, because I was found innocent and blameless before Him; and also before you, O king, [as you very well know] I have done no harm or wrong.
23) Then the king was exceedingly glad and commanded that Daniel should be taken up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no hurt of any kind was found on him because he believed in (relied on, adhered to, and trusted in) his God.
The other day I was speaking to my God daughter and I asked how a woman she knew that was suffering with cancer was doing. She responded, with "ma, no matter how bad she may feel, she always says the same thing, that she is trusting and believing and waiting on her God." My God daughter said "I am not sure whether I could be so strong and focused if I was suffering like that." I said to her "that is some strong faith!" That is the type of faith that doesn't waiver even in the face of the most adverse of circumstances.
Isn't it ironic that we believe that if we work a forty hour week, or eighty hours bi-weekly that we will get a pay check at the end of the pay period. We trust doctors that are "practicing" medicine, but we find it difficult or impossible to trust and believe God who created us and knows what we have need of even more than a man. I know that up until recently I had faith that if I went to work, took little to no time off and went way above and beyond my duties that I would get a better than average rating on my performance evaluation. But I did not factor in the human factor, the factor that says no matter what you do if you are only within your first official rating period they will only rate you but so high, no matter what you do. I have learned that flesh is fallible and will always disappoint you, BUT GOD! God is not one that is held captive by anyone or anything but His own abilities and strength. When we can live in faith believing God and knowing even when we do not see a shifting, a change, a deliverance on the horizon that God is still able and capable of doing all that we need and he can give us what we want ( if it is in His will to do). To be able to possess a "no matter what faith," to be able to utter like Job, "though He slay me yet will I trust Him." Having confidence, trust and faith in God in this way will cause the Lions mouth to be closed, the mountain to be removed and cancer to dry up in our body!
As you face your day or encounter things in the coming days that challenge your faith, use it to your advantage. Remain in a place that keeps you focused on God's ability not your inability or not your circumstance. Muster up every little bit of faith you can to trust God to bring you through and keep you in the way everlasting, and deliver you out of the hands of the devourer! For He is more than able...
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