Il se peut qu'il faille attendre un bon moment avant que le grand dessein de Dieu en nous se réalise. Il se peut que vous soyez vous aussi dans une situation similaire. Vous êtes peut-être plus âgé et vous n'avez pas encore vu quel est le plus grand dessein de Dieu dans votre propre vie. Vous êtes peut-être sur le point d'abandonner. Vous avez pensé à un moment donné que Dieu allait vous utiliser. Vous en étiez convaincu, mais cela n'a pas marché. Le message que Dieu vous adresse en ce moment est le suivant : la fin n'est pas encore arrivée. L'histoire n'est pas terminée.
R.T. Kendall
When God shows us that he is going to use us (and he can do that), we usually tend to think that we are going to see this happen in the next week or two. What often happens is that it is a long time before God gets around to using us as he has in mind. Take Moses. When Moses grew up, he refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter, “choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season” (Hebrews 11:25). Moses thought that when he left the palace and identified himself with his brethren, they would clap their hands and say, “Welcome. We’ve been waiting for you to come.” The truth is they rejected him, and Moses needed another forty years of preparation.
It may be a good while indeed before God’s greater purpose in us will be realized. It could be that you too are in a similar situation. Perhaps you are older and you have yet to see what God’s greater purpose in your own life is. Perhaps you have just about given up. You thought at one time that God was going to use you. You were convinced of it, but it didn’t work out. God’s message to you right now is: the end is not yet. The story isn’t over.
R.T. Kendall
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