Before I started this trip, there were crazy amounts of rainbows appearing in our area... more than I had seen before in quite some time. They were strong rainbows, not the soft glimpses of rainbows when a storm subsides. These rainbows tended to come out in a break of the rain, but you could see that more rain was definitely on the way.
I couldn't help but think of God's promise to never flood the earth again-the way He did in the days of Noah and that the rainbow was a testimony of the fulfillment of that promise every time it appears. It is funny how the promise doesn't show itself through the whole storm...a rainbow isn't appearing the whole time a storm is taking place, but you look for it at the end of the storm or you are even surprised by it when the storm concludes.
Sometimes I am blessed to see a rainbow in the middle of a storm, when things have calmed down a bit; but it is only for a short period that I see the fulfillment of that promise and then the storm continues on.
The rainbow comes whether I am anticipating it or I am surprised by it, because God is faithful to what He said He will do.
I kept asking myself, am I always looking for proof of the promise at only the time I look for it or can I trust God that at the right time He will faithfully show me the fulfillment of His promise?
He reassured me with Numbers 23:19 "God is not a man that He should lie nor a son of man that He should change His mind, does He speak and not act, does He promise and not fulfill?"
Trust has been hard for me but I can trust Him, I want to, I desire to, I have set my heart to trust Him even when it hurts and the storms don't seem like they will end. He is faithful even when I am faithless.
May God's promise to you be enough to stand on.
I love reminders of God's promises to us :) Thanks for sharing that verse and your heart, it spoke to where I have been.
Posted by: Maritez | March 03, 2009 at 10:15 PM
Yes, His promises are enough!! Thanks for reminding me. :)
Posted by: Sonya Gala | March 10, 2009 at 11:48 AM