With autumn having arrived, morning fog is common here. At times. It is a light mist, but other mornings it’s a heavy cloud that blankets everything and reduces visibility to a few feet. That can make the morning drive a challenge for many people. Fortunately, it doesn’t stick around very long.
Sometimes, it seems that God is hiding in the fog. We know that He’s out there somewhere, but for the life of us we can’t see Him. Sometimes, if we’re honest, we wonder if He’s even working out there.
Times can be hard. We can pray faithfully for what seems like forever, and God isn’t anywhere we can see. We still believe, but we get discouraged, and little doubts can creep in.
When that happens, we need to remember God’s character as revealed in Scripture. God cannot violate His character.
He is love.
Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love. In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us. 1 John 4:7-12 ESV
God is faithful.
God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. 1 Corinthians 1:9 ESV
He keeps his promises and never lies.
God is not man, that he should lie, or a son of man, that he should change his mind. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it? Numbers 23:19 ESV
I could carry the list on for a long time, but there is no doubt that even when we can’t see Him, He is hard at work to accomplish His purpose.
Hold fast, my dear friends; His faithfulness is great and His mercies new every morning.
Kevin
SUMMARY
When God seems hidden in the fog, we need to remember His character as revealed in Scripture. Even when we can’t see Him, He is hard at work to accomplish His purpose.
TAKEAWAY
When you’ve prayed faithfully for what seems like forever and can’t see God anywhere, you can still believe even while you’re discouraged and little doubts creep in.
When that happens, remember God’s character as revealed in Scripture: He is love, He is faithful, and He keeps His promises and never lies. God cannot violate His character.
Even when you can’t see Him, He is hard at work to accomplish His purpose. Hold fast, because His faithfulness is great and His mercies are new every morning.
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