A Brighter Day is Coming
Now the Lord said to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father's house to the land that I will show you. And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.” So Abram went, as the Lord had told him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran. Genesis 12:1-3, ESV
At age seventy-five Abram had no children and God told him to leave his father’s family because he wanted to bless him and make him into a great nation. All those promises sounded wonderful to Abram, he believed God and he left as God had instructed.
When God brings us a word of what he wants us to do in our lives it all sounds wonderful. We say, “yes” and start moving in that direction. But in truth, we have no idea about what it will take to get us to our destinations. Abram said, “yes,” but it took twenty-five years for Abram to have the chosen son. Abram’s name was changed to Abraham and he was 100 years old when Isaac was born.
My brother’s wife said, “yes” to God in her youth. Now she is at retirement age and has cancer. You would think God would have kept this illness from her, especially since she had retired, but he did not. He allowed this journey to come. When we sign up with God we have no idea what he has in store for us. He does not share the details about the journey to our destinations.
What God does is he builds us during the journey so that we are ready for the destination. Along the way he sends words of encouragement and wonderful gifts. To encourage my brother’s wife, all of the women in our family bought two greeting cards and wrote messages to lift up her spirit. We made sure that one was funny and the other was a heartfelt message. We put the cards into a beautiful box and gave them to her. On the days when things seemed to be little hard, she would reach into the box and grab one of the cards to read.
I had the awesome privilege of taking my sister-in-law (love) to her cancer treatments. One day we were there things became very hard for her. I had no idea what to do. She was so tired and broken. It seemed like her journey was getting the best of her. But in the midst of her tears she pulled out one of the cards and opened it up. The card was entitled “A brighter Day is Coming!” My sister-in-love went from crying over being helpless and sad, to crying tears of joy because of how God had given her words to uplift her spirit!
In our journeys we are all going to have days where we may feel hopeless and that God is not there, but be encouraged for a brighter day is coming! Every journey has its peaks and valleys, but if you don’t stop you will reach the top! A brighter day is just ahead!
Affirmations: Matthew 10:20; Luke 24:32; Ephesians 6:19, Isaiah 55:11
You can also follow me at JCCMinistriestv:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMoEcr3koSqRbqVma5EGWgA/videos
My published books are now available at:https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Life%27s+Journey+volume+2+Jacqueline+Crooks&language=en_US&ref=nb_sb_noss