“One Day It Will All Make Sense” – May 17
“One Day It Will All Make Sense” – May 17
"The one who calls you is faithful, and he will do it." 1 Thessalonians 5:24 NIV
Have you ever taken a step of faith and things didn’t turn out the way you expected? Maybe the Lord asked you to give a bit more money and then you ended up with some lack. Or God led you to change your career, only to find yourself in a hard place and missing your former job. Or to share a prophetic word with someone, but it didn’t go over well.
God has led Emelie and me to take life-altering and sometimes crazy-looking steps of faith in life. One particular time we had heard Jesus call us to walk on water, and we did, but it made life very difficult. We had turned down attractive job and ministry opportunities and thought that God would open greater doors. Yet we found ourselves in a tight spot, wondering where God was and why things didn’t work out. People who looked at our lives thought we had missed God. But we knew we had heard His voice.
One day, as Emelie was driving and lamenting to God (it is biblical to protest to God!), she heard the Holy Spirit saying, “It takes faith to believe that one day it will all make sense.” And as always is the case, when the Lord speaks it comes with new strength to believe. This brought new faith and joy to us. Now several years later, we see exactly what God meant. Every step we had taken made sense and had been seeds God used for a future harvest.
Know that the God who called you is faithful. He will not lead you into a wilderness and leave you there. It can look like He took you to a cul-de-sac, or that the choices you have made for Him have made you lose out. Don’t worry—one day it will all make sense, and your story will bring Him glory.
Father, thank You that You are faithful and that You have good plans for my life. Forgive me when I doubt You and help me today to trust that You are working even when I can’t see it, and give me hope that one day I will look back and give You glory.
Pastor Mikael Stenhammar, PhD
Have you ever taken a step of faith and things didn’t turn out the way you expected? Maybe the Lord asked you to give a bit more money and then you ended up with some lack. Or God led you to change your career, only to find yourself in a hard place and missing your former job. Or to share a prophetic word with someone, but it didn’t go over well.
God has led Emelie and me to take life-altering and sometimes crazy-looking steps of faith in life. One particular time we had heard Jesus call us to walk on water, and we did, but it made life very difficult. We had turned down attractive job and ministry opportunities and thought that God would open greater doors. Yet we found ourselves in a tight spot, wondering where God was and why things didn’t work out. People who looked at our lives thought we had missed God. But we knew we had heard His voice.
One day, as Emelie was driving and lamenting to God (it is biblical to protest to God!), she heard the Holy Spirit saying, “It takes faith to believe that one day it will all make sense.” And as always is the case, when the Lord speaks it comes with new strength to believe. This brought new faith and joy to us. Now several years later, we see exactly what God meant. Every step we had taken made sense and had been seeds God used for a future harvest.
Know that the God who called you is faithful. He will not lead you into a wilderness and leave you there. It can look like He took you to a cul-de-sac, or that the choices you have made for Him have made you lose out. Don’t worry—one day it will all make sense, and your story will bring Him glory.
Father, thank You that You are faithful and that You have good plans for my life. Forgive me when I doubt You and help me today to trust that You are working even when I can’t see it, and give me hope that one day I will look back and give You glory.
Pastor Mikael Stenhammar, PhD