FOCUS ON VICTORY ONE STEP AT A TIME!

Focus on Victory One Step at a Time!

Deuteronomy 7:22, And the Lord your God will drive out those nations before you little by little; you will be unable to destroy them at once, lest the beast of the field become too numerous for you.

Do you ever get impatient? Do you ever wish God would just hurry up? Boy I do!!

It is so hard for me to wait on the Lord...Often I have to slap myself on the head and ask the question...Who knows best, me or the LORD? We all know the answer to that question...because we truly know it is the LORD who knows best...

Do you remember the TV show, "Father Knows Best"? I do, and I can still see The Beaver as he shakes his head, because he just can't understand why his father has told him to do a certain thing a certain way...

In the end, he always understood why his father had told him to do things in that special, certain way...Because really "Father knows best."

ONE WAY GOD WORKS!

When God led His people into the Promise Land, He did so step by step...If He had allowed them to over take their enemies at once, the land would have been too difficult to manage...also if they would have been able to take all their enemies out at once, they would have most likely gotten big headed...So He allowed some of the enemies to remain for a time in order to maintain the land and suppress some of the wildlife...

In doing so, God taught His people to trust Him step by step...He gave them only as much responsibility as they could handle at one time...

Often in my own life, when things seem to start getting out of control, I believe it is because I had taken on to much...and am trying, in my own strength to take care of everything...{This is human nature that causes us to do this... We want to be in control, and we want things done right now...}

As God leads us in our Christian growth, He will allow challenges that match our character and relationship to Him...God will not totally change our character at once when we become a Christian...Rather, He will lead us through a process to become more like His Son...He will keep working in an area in our life until it is controlled by His Holy Spirit...

WHAT GOD SEES!

You may eagerly desire maturity in every area of your life...but steady...gradual growth is more lasting...God will not take short cuts in His process of makeing you like Christ...He sees your life from eternity and will take as long as necessary to produce lasting spiritual growth in you...

Do not beome impatient while God is producing Christlikeness in you...Do not seek more responsibilities than those He has already given you...Obey all that you know He has asked...and He will lead you at a pace that fits your present character and His purposes for you...

Focus on Victory One Step at a Time...because OUR "Father Knows Best!"

RLF. Robert N. Graves, Sr...

Fisherman for Christ...