Notes of Faith December 31, 2025
Faith While Waiting
He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also He has put eternity in their hearts, except that no one can find out the work that God does from beginning to end.
Ecclesiastes 3:11
Our journey through life is like children who anticipate Christmas morning. They know something exciting awaits them, but they don’t know what it is until they unwrap it. Likewise, God has put in the human heart a longing, anticipation, and expectation that eternal joy is coming, yet for now we can’t know the totality of God’s plans and purposes until they are revealed. So we live in a state of expectation and trust in the present: expectation based on God’s promises and trust based on His faithfulness.
The nation of Israel lived with that same tension. After Moses led them in renewing their covenant with God before entering the Promised Land (Deuteronomy 29), he warned them about the consequences of being unfaithful and how those consequences would unfold. Some things are revealed, but the “secret things” belong to the Lord alone until they are revealed (verse 29).
Rejoice today in the eternal longing God has put in your heart and renew your faith in Him for the “secret things”—His plans and purposes—yet to be revealed.
God takes us into His confidence and shares His secrets with us.
J. I. Packer
“Faith is the victory that overcomes the world.” Words of truth from a great hymn. God exists. We either believe in Him or don’t. Our every moment circumstances are encompassed by God through our faith or we live through those circumstances without trusting in a God of creation, provision and care. God has given me faith to believe. This world has brought many trials and will continue to bring more should He give me another day on this earth. But God has gone before me, walks with me, and is a guard behind me, as I go through each trial and leads me in the path of righteousness for His name’s sake to my eternal home with Him!
(Psalm 23)
The eternal longing and hope of being with God forever stirs my heart more each day. The secret blessings promised for those who love Him and await the coming of Jesus, our King, Lord, Savior and Redeemer, for me, are but an afterthought of just being able to live in His presence. I know there is something special coming through the eyes of faith but the longing of my heart is just to be with Jesus!
What do you long for?
Pastor Dale