His Outcome!

What does a person do when he or she cannot see through what's ahead?  I think that this question occurs to me everyday.  The solution is to trust Jesus.  The neat thing about blogging about how God is leading, is that when tough times come, all one has to do is go back to past blogging experiences and to see how God has worked.  No matter what the outcome of this interview, God is on His Throne, and He will make a way where there seems to be no way.  Faith does not base itself on an earthly outcome but on the heavenly one!  I truly believe that God will take care of me no matter what.  A story that comes to mind when in this situation is the story of Peter in prison.  He was sleeping right before his execution, because he trusted Jesus all the way.  Here's the reference:  Acts 12:5,6

"5 Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made without ceasing of the church unto God for him.  6 And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and the keepers before the door kept the prison. 

Now the interesting thing to note here is that he was thrown in prison by Herod for preaching the Gospel.  Notice what he is doing before his execution:  He is sleeping!  Now that is what I call perfect trust.  The next part gets really interesting, notice the next few verses with me if you will:

 7 And, behold, the angel of the Lord came upon him, and a light shined in the prison: and he smote Peter on the side, and raised him up, saying, Arise up quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands.  8 And the angel said unto him, Gird thyself, and bind on thy sandals. And so he did. And he saith unto him, Cast thy garment about thee, and follow me.  9 And he went out, and followed him; and wist not that it was true which was done by the angel; but thought he saw a vision.  10 When they were past the first and the second ward, they came unto the iron gate that leadeth unto the city; which opened to them of his own accord: and they went out, and passed on through one street; and forthwith the angel departed from him.  11 And when Peter was come to himself, he said, Now I know of a surety, that the Lord hath sent his angel, and hath delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews."

To the Christian the question is not if God will deliver, but a great expectation and joyous excitement of how.  Just when things seemed the darkest for Peter, Jesus came through.  "But what about those that didn't get saved" you may ask.  Well, the good news for them is that their story is not over, even though they are asleep.  They are asleep in Jesus!  So no matter what trust God to make the most of your situation when you give it to Him.  I like how David puts it in Psalms 18:18-23:

 18 They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.  19 He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me. 20 The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.  21 For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.  22 For all his judgments were before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me.  23 I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity.