Monday, January 19, 2004
Monday, January 19, 2004
For this reason, since the day we heard it, we have not ceased praying for you
and asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of God's will in all spiritual wisdom and
understanding,
(Colossians 1.9
NRSV)
Dennis and Barbara Rainey in their book MOMENTS TOGETHER FOR COUPLES tell about one such person. She was a British missionary named Elizabeth Aleward. Miss Aleward had two great sorrows as a young girl. The first one was that her hair was black and straight (when all of the popular girls had a head full of golden curls), and the second one was that while all her friends kept growing, she ended up short.
Years later, God called Elizabeth Aleward to the mission field in China. As she stood looking at the people to whom God had called her to minister, two things became apparent to her. First, each and every one of them had long, straight, black hair. And, secondly, each and every one of them had stopped growing at exactly the same moment she did. She said she bowed her head and prayed, "Jehovah, God, You know what You are doing!" Elizabeth Aleward believed in destiny. She believed she was where God meant for her to be.
Dear Jesus, help me to believe in the destiny you have for me. Amen.
