CONFIDENCE IN THE PROMISES GOD

CONFIDENCE IN THE PROMISES GOD

"When my little son was about ten years old, his grandmother promised
him a stamp collecting album for Christmas. Christmas came and went with
no stamp album and no word from Grandma. The matter, however, was not
mentioned, until his friends came to see his Christmas presents. I was
astonished, after he had listed all the gifts he had received, to hear
him add, 'And a stamp album from my grandmother.'

After hearing this several times, I called my son to m and said, 'But
George, you didn't get a stamp album from Grandma. Why did you say
that?' With a puzzled look on his face, as if I had asked a very strange
question, he replied, 'Well, Mom, Grandma SAID, and that is the same
AS.' Not a word would sway his faith.

A month passed and nothing else was said about the album. Finally one
day, to test his faith and because I wondered in my own heart why the
album had not been sent, I said, 'George, I think Grandma has forgotten
her promise.' 'Ph no, Mom,' he quickly and firmly responded. 'She
hasn't.'

I watched his sweet, trusting face, which for a while looked very
serious, as if he were debating the possibility I had suggested. Soon
his face brightened as he said, 'Do you think it would do any good for
me to write Grandma, thanking her for the album?' 'I don't know,' I
said, 'but you might try it.' A rich spiritual truth then began to dawn
on me.

In a few minutes a letter was written and mailed, as George went off
whistling his confidence in his grandma. Soon a letter from Grandma
arrived with this message:

My dear George,

I have not forgotten my promise to you for a stamp album. I could not
find the one you wanted here, so I ordered one from New York. It did not
arrive until after Christmas, and it was not the right one. I then
ordered another, but it still has not arrived. I have decided to send
you thirty dollars instead so that you may buy the one you want in
Chicago.

Your loving Grandma.

As he read the letter, his face was the face of a victor. From the
depths of a heart that NEVER doubted came the words, 'Now Mom, didn't I
tell you?' George, 'against all hope . . . in hope believed.' (Romans
8:14) that the stamp album would come. And while he was trusting,
Grandma was working, and in due time faith became sight.

It is only human to want to SEE before we step out on the promises of
God. Yet our Savior said to doubting Thomas and to a long list of
doubters who have followed, 'BLESSED ARE THOSE WHO HAVE NOT SEEN AND YET
BELIEVED." (John 20:29) -- Today's Freedom Fighter is from STREAMS IN
THE DESERT, available from the KESWICK ONLINE BOOKSTORE --
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