“God's voice is still and quiet and easily buried under an avalanche of clamour.”
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The Scriptures contain many stories of people who waited years or even decades before the Lord's promises came to pass. What modern believers can learn from the patience of biblical saints like Abraham, Joseph, David, and Paul is that waiting upon the Lord has eternal rewards.
The difficulties we face originate from one of three sources. Some are sent to us by the Lord to test our faith, others are the result of Satan's attacks, and still others are due to our own sinful choices.
When we learn from experience, the scars of sin can lead us to restoration and a renewed intimacy with God.
God has ways of shaking the world when He is at work. He literally caused the ground to quake when Jesus died on the cross.