I expect Jesus
February 13, 2006 | 12:00am
I believe God that it will be just as it was told me. Acts 27:25
A Sunday school teacher gave every boy in his class a New Testament and encouraged each of them to write his own name inside the front cover.
Several weeks later, after repeatedly inviting the boys to receive Christ as their Savior, he asked those who had done so to write these words under his name: "I accept Jesus." One boy scribbled instead, "I expect Jesus." When the teacher talked to him, he realized that the boy knew what he had written after all. He had not only trusted the Lord for salvation but expected Him to be with him at all times and to do all He had promised.
That boys statement presents a simple yet profound commentary on the true meaning of faith.
In Acts 27, we see the apostle Pauls expectant faith. He was a prisoner being transported by ship to Rome when a violent storm arose and threatened to destroy the vessel. During the night, an angel of the Lord told Paul they would all survive (vv. 23-24). He knew the word of the Lord could be trusted. In the midst of the storm, he said, "I believe God that it will be just as it was told me" (v. 25). And so it was.
It should be no surprise to us when God keeps His word. Its to be expected! Richard De Haan
O for a faith that will not shrink
Though pressed by many a foe,
That will not tremble on the brink
Of any earthly woe. Bathurst
READ: Acts 27:9-25
Attempt great things for God; expect great things from God.
The Bible in one year:
Leviticus 14
Matthew 26:51-75
A Sunday school teacher gave every boy in his class a New Testament and encouraged each of them to write his own name inside the front cover.
Several weeks later, after repeatedly inviting the boys to receive Christ as their Savior, he asked those who had done so to write these words under his name: "I accept Jesus." One boy scribbled instead, "I expect Jesus." When the teacher talked to him, he realized that the boy knew what he had written after all. He had not only trusted the Lord for salvation but expected Him to be with him at all times and to do all He had promised.
That boys statement presents a simple yet profound commentary on the true meaning of faith.
In Acts 27, we see the apostle Pauls expectant faith. He was a prisoner being transported by ship to Rome when a violent storm arose and threatened to destroy the vessel. During the night, an angel of the Lord told Paul they would all survive (vv. 23-24). He knew the word of the Lord could be trusted. In the midst of the storm, he said, "I believe God that it will be just as it was told me" (v. 25). And so it was.
It should be no surprise to us when God keeps His word. Its to be expected! Richard De Haan
O for a faith that will not shrink
Though pressed by many a foe,
That will not tremble on the brink
Of any earthly woe. Bathurst
READ: Acts 27:9-25
Attempt great things for God; expect great things from God.
The Bible in one year:
Leviticus 14
Matthew 26:51-75
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