Employ the Twin Sisters

Well, I thought I'd add something else to this blog -- quotes/paragraphs from the Word that speak the most to me presently. So here goes the first post of this kind, hopefully there will be plenty more coming. :)

Jesus:

"When something doesn't turn out the way you thought or hoped it would, it doesn't necessarily mean that your faith has not met the challenge or the occasion. One of the fundamentals in calling on Me and availing yourself of the power and weapon of prayer is in allowing Me the freedom to work as I please and as I know is best.

Remember, I see waaaayyy out in front of you, and with My great love for you and others involved in the equation, I always have the big picture in mind. But rest assured that when you put Me on the spot and your faith commands action and you are meeting the conditions, you can be guaranteed that the outcome will be for the best -- even if it's somewhat different than what you expected.

I delight in working contrary to natural expectations, while still holding true to My promises. You may have your goal or desires set on the supply of a certain need, and that's understandable. So while you may be visualizing that need supplied in a certain manner, My eyes are seeing way beyond the supply of just that need.

Remember that My main concern -- the reason for it all -- is to win the lost to Me. You are of such incomparable value to Me, because there are no others like you. That's why if there is ever any way I can use you to help in the chain of events of reaching or witnessing or winning others to Me, I will do so. I may take you on a roundabout path in answering your prayers, but you can know that that path is for a very special purpose and reason. I just work on a higher plane than you do.

Often you discover while taking those steps (of faith) that I had a higher plan, a greater answer, and the solution was not in your analyzing and picking apart your faith, but your part to play was in proceeding in faith in a spirit of trust. That's when faith's twin sister steps on the stage; trust. Faith and trust walk hand in hand, and very seldom do they walk alone.

So when you get one of those "unexpected" answers and you know you've prayed in faith and met the conditions I've shown you, you can almost always know that I have something bigger and better up My sleeve for you. -- One of those cool answers that you know only I and My helpers could have possibly engineered and brought to pass. And what do those type of answers do? -- They engender even more faith. So it's a win-win situation."

("Greater Faith Part 2," ML#3632:38-40,42,45,47)