Golden gate bridge is a famous suspension bridge located in San Francisco. Other than the bridge itself, the flow of summer fog through the bridge makes the view more spectacular.
The fog however, sometimes get so thick that you barely see through anything further that a foot from your eyes. Faith, is actually driving on a bridge with heavy fog while desiring to go to the other end.
When burdens and trials are so heavy and you can't see what lies ahead of you, do you go back? Wait for the fog to disappear? Or, you drive through it with faith?
II Kings 8: 1-6 tells us the story of the Elisha speaking to the woman who son he restored to life. She was asked to leave their household because of a famine that was about to come for seven years.
She went away and did according to the saying of the man of God and dwelt in the land of the Philistines. After 7 years, the woman returned and discovered that someone has already taken over her house.
She made an appeal to the king for her house and land. When the king found out who she was (woman whose son Elisha restored to life), the king immediately restored what was hers and all the proceeds of the fields from the day she left until she returned.
The story is an illustration of our daily walk with God, sometimes we don't understand why things happen - in this case the woman who followed God to leave and upon returning, finds out that somebody has taken over her place.
The woman wasn't sure what was ahead of her when she left her home - but still, she followed God.
It's actually when you cannot see what lies ahead that you cling on to God.
when you turn back, you cannot see the glory that awaits on the other side of the bridge.
when you continue to drive through the heavy fog, you will experience the anticipation of seeing how God will work it out in the end.
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