Rainbow December 6, 2014

The Bow in the Cloud 

   "I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between Me and the earth." Genesis 9:13 KJV

Waiting for God is incarnate unbelief, it means that I have no faith in Him; I wait for Him to do something in me that I may trust in that. God will not do it, because that is not the basis of the God-and-man relationship. Man has to go out of himself in his covenant with God as God goes out of Himself in His covenant with man. It is a question of faith in God—the rarest thing; we have faith only in our feelings. I do not believe God unless He will give me something in my hand whereby I may know I have it, then I say—“Now I believe.” There is no faith there. “Look unto Me, and be ye saved.”  Isaiah 45:22 KJV

Chambers, Oswald (2011-05-01). My Utmost for His Highest, Classic Edition (p. 254). Discovery House Publishers. Kindle Edition. 

I worry.  I fret.  I fuss.  I stew.  Several years ago, the cotton industry ran a series of ads touting cotton as the "Fabric of Our Lives".  Ever since I can remember worry has been the "fabric of my life".  And for years I have attacked worry from the negative.  Please help me not to worry.  Please help me get back to sleep.  Please help me to think of something else.  I found verses that combated worry.  

My focus was on worry when all along it should have been on God.  He has promised an abundant life.  He has vowed to provide peace beyond all understanding.  He placed a rainbow in the sky.

His promises of salvation are not exclusive to eternal salvation.  That salvation is a daily salvation from anxiety, confusion, anger, depression.  A positive outcome of the situation that is the object of worry is a foregone conclusion for the child of God. 

As Chambers points out, if we wait for God to show us that outcome or create that internal feeling, it is "incarnate unbelief".  Where is the faith if it depends on the tangible.  Faith is trusting the ladder before stepping on the rung.  Faith is boarding the plan before it is airborne.  Faith is knowing cancer serves a greater purpose.  Faith is committing to a ministry when you really don't have the time, but have been called.

Focus on God, not worry.  Ask for a stronger faith, not the cessation of disquietude.  It is our lack of faith that creates worry, not the machinations of this world.