Hope in Predicaments!

This morning I am reflecting on verses from John 11:1-7 NIV:

[1] "Now a man named Lazarus was sick. He was from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. [2] (This Mary, whose brother Lazarus now lay sick, was the same one who poured perfume on the Lord and wiped his feet with her hair.) [3] So the sisters sent word to Jesus, “Lord, the one you love is sick.”

[4] When he heard this, Jesus said, “This sickness will not end in death. No, it is for God's glory so that God's Son may be glorified through it.” [5] Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. [6] So when he heard that Lazarus was sick, he stayed where he was two more days, [7] and then he said to his disciples, “Let us go back to Judea.”

There verses should bring comfort to anyone who is waiting on God to do something.  If we grab hold of the spiritual principles revealed here, we will find ourselves, and our spirits well guarded against the lies of the enemy.  He would try to convince us that God doesn't care, that God doesn't love us, that He is unaware of our circumstances.  All of these are lies from the pit of hell.

The truth is that the Lord loves each and every one of us deeply.  The truth is that He knows the intimate details of our lives.  The truth is that He is actively interceding for us to his Father.  The truth is that any delay is going to result in greater Glory of God.  The truth is that He is moved by our pain and suffering.  The truth is that He knows exactly how we feel!  The truth is that it is because of His love for us that He waits to fulfill the Father's will.

As I have quoted many times, 'our ways are not God's ways' (Is 55:8) and 'His thoughts are not our thoughts'.  His perspective is completely different than ours, for He views us outside of time and knows every detail of our lives.  He knows how it will work out, how He will bless us, how He will be glorified, etc.  We just need to trust Him, and trust His promises.  He doesn't act like us, and thus we can't figure out exactly what He will do, and our expectations are often wrong.  Regardless of our thoughts, our belief that we know what He will do, we need to trust in the One who loves us!

So let us turn to the Lord in prayer over the situations and struggle, the predicaments and trials we face. Let us remember that even though the situation looks beyond hope, that God is the God of the impossible, and it is right to hope in Him.