Great post Jon. Got me to log back into Hive for the first time in 108 years just to comment :)

It's actually hilarious how silly we are with our faith. I was just reading through Genesis again and found myself chuckling at Abraham. Time and time again, he has conversations with God where God literally tells him all the things He will give Abraham. We're talking about the God of the Universe. The Creator God. And Abraham is like..."cool!" then in the next paragraph, he faces a small trial and is like "How will I ever handle this? I guess I better take matters into my own hands!".....I am paraphrasing but I was like, "Gee, Abraham, how about you go and talk to the God who just promised to make you the father of generations to come? You know, THAT guy!"

How often do we do this? Myself included. Doubt. It's the devils favourite game to play. Cast doubt. Make them doubt God. Make them think they don't need God. Make them think they can do it better than God. And we fall for it over and over and over. Thank you Jesus for Your GRACE! Because we are so silly...and so undeserving!

My Pastor spoke on this on Sunday. He titled his message Great Expectations and he read from the book of Acts in chapter 12:12-16 where Peter gets out of prison and he runs to tell Mary the mother of John Mark and a woman named Rhoda opens the door and she's so shocked that he is standing there, she forgets to let him in...instead she runs to tell the prayer group taking place and they are like, "You're out of your mind!"

....like, hang on guys. You're praying to God. You say and believe that God can do the IMPOSSIBLE...and when He does, you're shocked!? Sound familiar? It was a humbling sermon to say the least.

Pray with GREAT EXPECTATION that God is who He says He is and that He will do what He says He will do!

Amen!