God´s story for you...






God made something out of Abraham when he was a nobody (...)  “I have set you up as a father of many peoples”? 
Romans 4:17 (MSG)



Abraham´s story is one of the most encouraging passages in the bible. We only get to learn more about it from Genesis 12 on and Abraham is 75 years old already! The cool thing is that when we think we will finally start reading about Abraham´s story what we really get to read is GOD´S STORY FOR ABRAHAM. 

God has a story for each of us and He is not just "watching" us from heaven as we live our days here on earth. He has actually planned something beautiful for us to live and get to enjoy life  -on earth as in heaven- instead of simply living it! 

We spend our days trying, struggling to become something, to achieve things... but Abraham´s story shows us that it is not about how hard we try to make things happen in our lives. It is God who causes us to BECOME whatever we ever wanted to BE, for before his eyes, we won´t become, we already are. Our story is already written!

God said to Abraham "I have made you a father of many nations" when Abraham hadn´t had a single child yet for his wife was barren. Before God´s eyes Abraham already was a father of many nations, for God had already gone through his story: God himself was the Author of it! 

The same happens to us! We can be confident that He has an amazing story for us to life. He is not writing it. He has already written it and it is not only its END that is happy... the whole course of it is pleasant...

"You have put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and their wine increased." Psalm 4:7

There is so much more for us to enjoy than only the END of our story with God. It is his pleasure to work as we trust. Think about Abraham. It was not about how hard he tried to become a father or to cause God´s promise to come to pass. Rather it was about how much he trusted that God himself would cause him to live that story which He had already written.

"Unless the LORD builds the house, the builders labor in vain. Unless the LORD watches over the city, 
the guards stand watch in vain." Psalm 127:1

It is ALL about His work, His story in our lives. Our work is to TRUST HIM, for He is faithful and always good! 




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