His Vision, His Way, In His Timing
TGIF Today God Is First Volume 2, by Os Hillman
10-27-2008

"Then God said, 'Take your son, your only son, Isaac, whom you love, and go to the region of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains I will tell you about'" (Gen 22:2).

Have you ever wanted something so bad that you would do almost anything to get it? Have you ever gotten so close to fulfilling a dream only to have it disappear right before your eyes? Such was the case for Abraham.

God promised Abraham that he would be the father of many nations. He would have a son. However, Abraham panicked when Sarah aged beyond child bearing years and tried to help God by birthing Ishmael through Sarah's servant, who was not the promised son. Eventually, Isaac was born, who was the promised son.

However, God tells Abraham to sacrifice his only son on an altar to demonstrate his obedience to God. Truly, this is one of the hardest instructions given to one of God's people in all of scripture. It compares only to the Heavenly Father sacrificing His own Son. God intervenes and allows a lamb to take his place, symbolizing the Lamb of God as a prophetic sign of what is to take place in the future.

God often births a vision in our lives only to allow it to die first before the purest version of the vision is manifested. This has happened several times in my own journey. Oswald Chambers observes, "God's method always seems to be vision first, and then reality, but in between the vision and the reality there is often a deep valley of humiliation. How often has a faithful soul been plunged into a like darkness when after the vision comes the test. When God gives a vision and darkness follows, waiting on God will bring you into accordance with the vision He has given if you await His timing. Otherwise, you try to do away with the supernatural in God's undertakings. Never try to help God fulfill His word."*

When God's vision is finally birthed, nothing will stop it. Our job is to allow God to birth His vision through us His way and in His timing.

last night i had a dream that i told my dad i probably have to cut my
working hours cos my school is busy and he told me no. In my dream,
he told me that he wont be sending money except school fees and rent
and i still have to get the scholarship.

this morning i woke up feelin super shitty becos i kinda feel the dream
were so real.. but its not real, rite.

and just a few minutes ago, he called me to check wther i still have enough
money, whether my overpaid sch fees will be refunded. Then he told me
not to spend too much money. economy is bad, stock market is worse and
I told him its ok if he wont send me money in the near time to come becos
i still have job rite now so no worry.

then he sort of accidentally told me that he had sent money a few days ago
to my bro's account. he told me i can ask from my bro. So i ...

kath>> so how come my bro nv said anythin?
dad>> cos i told him not to til i talk to you
dad>> if i sent it to your account, you probably will spend more cos you know
dad>> you have money now

what a very thoughtful dad. he knows i will spend more once i got money
from him. right. thanks. i probably can eat proper meal if he send me money
i can probably buy something proper
i can probably concentrate more on my school work rather than squeezin them
between works on weekends
i can probably sleep more
i can probably have less stress

thanks dad, you're the best
i am spending a lot of money rite
you probably wants me to spend close to nothing per month

today i was surprised by how God works super instantly
He resolved it within a daaaaaaaaaaaay
nono, actually half a day..
and i was getting one of the greatest thing that i can hear from
someone unexpected. thanks man~

eli, eli, LAMA SABACHTANI??