Have you ever been in a hurry when God wasn’t? It’s never easy to sit in God’s waiting room, where you’re waiting for something from God. Nothing we do will help the answer to our prayer come one second before God chooses to deliver it.
Abraham understood this. God gave him an impossible dream—that he would father a nation. At 75 years old and childless, this seemed crazy.
But God’s timing proved to be perfect, just like Solomon would write centuries later: “God makes everything happen at the right time. Yet none of us can ever fully understand all he has done” (Ecclesiastes 3:11 CEV).
We can’t understand everything God is doing, but we can be confident that his timing is perfect. In fact, God always takes you through predictable stages of faith. Abraham went through these same six stages.
Understanding them can help you trust God when you’re unsure how he is at work in your life.
The Six Stages of Faith
Where are you in these six stages? God will take you through them over and over again in this life as he grows your faith.
“El Señor, Dios del cielo, quien me sacó de la casa de mi padre y…
A number of years ago I started using a little acrostic called SHAPE to talk…
“Sin fe es imposible agradar a Dios”. Hebreos 11:6a (NVI) Las metas que provienen de…
Human life reveals God’s purpose and shows God’s glory—so we must always protect the sanctity…
“Que se haga con ustedes conforme a su fe”. Mateo 9:29b (NVI) Cada vez que…
In the waiting room of life, you can choose to panic. That’s our natural response!…