While I'm Waiting

Hi standers!  Here's a devotional written by Delon from Georgia.  Stay encouraged!

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For many of us we can be so focused on God restoring our marriages and restoring our homes that we don't say, "Okay Lord, what are You trying to get out of this?"

Everything has to pass through the hand of God for it to occur; God has to give his approval. So even in the fire you are walking through right now, even with your heart bleeding and fragmented, God says, "I approve this...because I know the unfathomable Glory that will come out of it." He didn't lure your spouse out of the house; that was the work of the destroyer. But God said, "This was not My "perfect will" for your life, but since we are here, I will use this as an opportunity for my Glory!"

So the sisters sent word to Jesus, "Lord, the one you love is sick." 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." Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. So when he heard that Lazarus was sick, he stayed where he was two more days, and then he said to his disciples, "Let us go back to Judea." John 11:3-7

God could have saved your marriage a while ago, but God has chosen you specifically for such a time as this and He has chosen you to be an instrument of his Glory. Notice Jesus said: This sickness is not onto death, but for the Glory of the son of God. How is he going to get Glory you ask?

So then he told them plainly, "Lazarus is dead, and for your sake I am glad I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him." John 11:14-15

How will He get the Glory? Because everyone that said, "Your marriage is dead, it's over, move on with your life. Don't be a fool anymore, etc etc," will see with their own eyes when God resurrects your marriage. When they see the miracles God is getting ready to do, they will have no choice but to say, "There is a God!!" There is a God in Heaven that still honors the faithful, that still honors obedience and still honors the covenant. God is using your situation to increase the faith of everyone around you . So don't give up, no matter how long you've been praying. No matter what the enemy says. Don't give up. Don't stop praying. Instead pray longer, fast more, and consecrate yourself to the Lord. And while you're waiting for God to put the finishing touches on your miracle allow Him to improve you.

"Lord," Martha said to Jesus, "if you had been here, my brother would not have died. But I know that even now God will give you whatever you ask." Jesus said to her, "Your brother will rise again." Martha answered, "I know he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day." Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die; and whoever lives by believing in me will never die. Do you believe this?"John 11:21-26

Your marriage will rise again! He is the resurrection! Believe in His resurrection power as it will be better than you could ever ask. Do you believe this? Start praising him NOW!