March 11 – LD 10, Day 7: How
Great It Is: I Can Trust My Father!
by Rev. G. Van Baren
Read: Acts 7:51-60
There is a striking confession made by the child of God: he has a “firm
trust” in God his Father. That firm trust remains no matter what my
Father determines for me.
That confession is so contrary to much which one hears today. One
is told that he must pray—earnestly pray—that Father will provide with good
health or great wealth. If he is very sick, he is to pray for recovery
and deliverance. If only his faith is strong enough, Father will answer
with healing. If one seeks many others to pray for and with him, the
certainty of healing would be greater.
Lest we be misunderstood, we must assert that God hears and answers
prayer. That, however, does not mean that God will give whatever we ask
Him.
What is it that we can “firmly trust” that God will surely do? We
confess that there is nothing that can separate us from the love of God.
That’s the truth of greatest comfort for the Christian. Whether I have
serious sickness which may lead to death or I have been given health and
strength, neither can separate me from the love of God. Whether I am in
abject poverty or have great wealth, neither can
separate me from the love of God. Whether I am martyred for my faith’s
sake or remain relatively free to worship, neither can separate me from the
love of God.
Scripture gives remarkable proof of this.
The conclusion is Scriptural: God will work whatsoever He sends to His
own so that they are preserved in His love.
It is the great truth of God’s