Not One Word Has Failed
And you know in all your hearts and in all your souls that not one thing has failed of all the good things which the LORD your God spoke concerning you. All have come to pass for you; not one word of them has failed. (Joshua 23:14)
Near the end of his life, Joshua took time with the Israelites to review all that God had done for them since they first began following Him. God had given them an impossible assignment: to conquer a foreign and hostile land with fortified cities and armies more powerful than their own. The Israelites were to go forward with nothing more than God’s promise that He would go with them and take care of them. Now Joshua looked back over their experience and reminded the Israelites that God had kept every promise. They had experienced numerous victories and had enjoyed God’s provision for every need.
Sometimes hindsight gives us a clear picture of how faithful God has been. We are tempted during a crisis to wonder if God will be faithful to His promises. We focus on our problems, and our trust in God begins to waver. Twenty-four years after God promised Abraham and Sarah a son, they were still waiting on God to fulfill His promise. But in the twenty-fifth year, Abraham and Sarah could look back and see that God had been faithful. As David was fleeing for his life, he may have been uncertain how God would keep His promise to make him a king. But at the end of his long and prosperous reign, David could review how God had kept every promise.
You, too, can rely on God’s faithfulness. Are you in a crisis? Hold to the promises of your Lord! He will not forget His promises to you. Look back over your Christian life and recount the many ways in which God has been faithful to His word.
Isn't amazing How GOOD and FAITHFUL our Father is?!? I just knew that He had a perfect plan for David's job... it is so neat to see what He has created for David to do. When David did his student teaching he taught Government and Economics and LOVED it! I always told him that he would be a great Government teacher because my David loves loves loves keeping up with the news and politics. (I mean ALL that he watches is the news... I am being serious. He even has apps on his iPhone for Fox News.) I just am thanking HIM that He blessed David with this job and the talents He has created in him. God has blessed David with a heart and passion for youth. I have always seen this love he has for this age group and how well he relates and can communicate to them. I just know God has created David for this job! David hopes to one day be an administrator and let me tell you he would be great at this!!! I joke at him because even his personality type states that common professions for this type are administrators!!! I'm telling you God created David for this profession.
Congrats COACH Crabtree!!!
Practicing for when Daddy/Coach lets me on the field!!!
Common Coach let me play with the big boys!
And of course we HAD to celebrate with strawberry cake... YUM!!!!
Thank you so much for your prayers, encouraging words, and love that you have poured over our family as we have been waiting for His answer for David's job. 13Is any one of you in trouble? He should pray. Is anyone happy? Let him sing songs of praise. 14Is any one of you sick? He should call the elders of the church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord. 15And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise him up. If he has sinned, he will be forgiven. 16Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective.
James 5:13-16
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