Mark 11:24 Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.
Baruch Atah Adonai Eloheinu, Melech Ha Olam/Blessed are you O Adonai our G-D, King of the Universe. Shabbat Shalom Mishcopa/Happy Shabbat family
My husband and I have received some great news early this week. We have been waiting for news like this for some time now. We began to prepare ourselves for what was coming next. However, it turned out to be not what we have expected. What we thought was good news turned out to be something else. I felt myself feeling depressed and began to complain to G-D, saying why nothing seems to work out for us. Yes, I admit I let one disappointment derail everything else the Lord has given us. The problem was, I have been waiting so long for this, and when I thought the Lord had finally intervened and answered my prayers and to find out it was not what we thought. I have got very frustrated and thought, what is the point of trying when I keep getting let down.
As ponder on this, asking the Lord why this particular area I cannot seem to overcome. No matter how hard I pray, and every time I think I'm close. I end up back at ground zero, hoping that something will change. Sometimes I feel like giving up and saying, okay Lord, I have to have peace; that is how it is, and nothing about this situation will ever change. I questioned that maybe somethings in our life are not supposed to change. Perhaps this something I will always have to live with, and honestly, I do not know the answer to that. We all have a cross to bear and issues we have to suffer until Lord decides to change it.
Then I realize I cannot stop believing or praying that something will change for us. A scripture that came to mind was Mark 11:24 "Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them." I don't know how long it will take until the Lord decides to answer my prayers. But in this case, I will not stop believing that He will. I had to ask myself how can I believe in Yeshua and don't believe that He will answer my prayers. The Hebrew word for believe is Aman, which means the basic idea of providing stability and confidence. To be steady, firm, and thus trustworthy. Aman speaks of certainty and therefore, can mean to confirm or to affirm. As a verb, Belief, Believe, Believers, means "to believe," also "to be persuaded of," and hence, "to place confidence in, to trust," signifies, in this sense of the word, reliance upon, not mere credence.
In closing, in the worldly terms, if someone stops believing in themselves, people will say, "Hey keep the faith don't give up things will work out." Well, as for us believers in Yeshua, we have something more significant to believe in other than ourselves. Therefore, we do not have to carry the burden alone. So, while we are waiting for our prayers to be answered, let's be of good cheer. John 16:33 These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world. And if He already overcame, we will also.
Shabbat Shalom
Your Achoti/Sister
Shakina
References:
Vine, W. (24 Jun, 1996). Belief, Believe, Believers - Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words. Retrieved from https://www.blueletterbible.org/search/dictionary/viewtopic.cfm
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