What am I saying? I am saying that God will use a no which is a disappointment to cause us to stay on course, but he doesn’t want us to stop at the no. He wants us to submit to his no, and then expect his yes. What has God said? What has God promised you? This is what we should expect after God’s no. God promised men that they would rule the earth. After the tower of babel incident, we hear stories of men becoming mighty hunters, kings, and all types of things ruling on the earth.
The same night that David accepted God’s no in not allowing the baby that was conceived in adultery to live; Bathsheba conceived again a little boy named Solomon. Solomon was a son of promise. Nathan, the prophet had already prophesied regarding Solomon being born to reign on the throne of David and build the house of the Lord. Solomon was God’s yes to David. In the birth of Solomon, yet another desire of David’s heart was fulfilled, and that was the desire to have a temple built for the Lord.
When we get into agreement with God’s no, and accept it as his will worshiping him in obedience, and submission to his will, we can have an expectation that God will move. When God does move, he will move on the thing that he has purposed a yes in according to his will.
The Bible says in Revelation 3:8 – He is the one who holds the key of David, (This, I believe, means a heart after God. That is the key of David. Someone who is willing to get into submission to God’s will even when God’s will requires us to give something up that we feel we truly need. That’s called sacrifice. It sounds hard, but sometimes, we have to be willing to sacrifice. When we sacrifice for God’s purpose, we have to trust God to provide what it is we truly need. Just like when Abraham was to sacrifice his son Issac. God provided for Abraham another sacrifice because of his obedience. The scripture goes on to say that God will open doors no man can shut, and close doors that no man can open.
This means that God has some yes’ for us, and he has some no’s for us. We have to be willing to accept them. He promises us his best. So, yes! We can have an expectation from the Lord even in the face of no. Some of us have been so knocked down, and disappointed that we have almost lost our expectation, joy, and hope. I read a scripture the other day that tells us to be joyful in hope. God expects us to have an expectation, a joyful expectation despite what we have been through. I pray that this word has built the faith of those reading to have a joyful expectation and continue to live the abundant life in Christ after God’s no.
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