Afterwards, I Came..
'Afterwards I came into the regions of Syria and Cilicia' Galatians 1:21
Do you believe that there will be an afterwards? At times, it does not feel as though there will be. We are so stuck in our situation, in our problem, in our pain, or in our suffering that we begin to lose hope that there will be a time when we can look back and see that we have come through. The present is merged into the past and future as Satan taunts us with thoughts that this is all there is, this is all there was, and this is all there ever will be. Man cannot live without hope. We need hope that we will come to the other side, that there will be a time when this is in the past, that there will be an afterwards? How then can we be confident of the future?
Remember, even when you cannot see the remotest possibility of things changing, that all things are possible with God. From all you know, change in your situation is impossible; but we do not know all there is to know. But the God of hope does. Will you believe that there will be an afterwards? You will come out, you will come through; you will come to where God desires you to be.
By faith, thank God that He will bring you to the future, to the afterwards, and then allow hope to venture out in anticipation of the fulfilment of His promises. L Guy
