Any Great Vacation

Any great vacation comes with great anticipation. When the journey begins there is alot of excitement. Everything is amazing and exciting, then, after a few hours, boredom with the traveling sets in and you begin to wonder if you'll ever get there. That's how I felt about three weeks after my prayer journey began. Much prayer and some fasting went into writing a letter to Tim Tebow; that was exciting and it was easy to pray believing God was going to say yes. The weeks following were an emotional high, the anticipation was overwhelming...I just KNEW God was going to answer. Then He didn't and the emotional high wore off and it wasn't so easy to believe anymore. I then began to doubt whether I had actually had any faith because I didn't 'feel it' anymore, so I went to God in prayer. He impressed upon my heart that faith in Him is a CHOICE we make, not an emotion. I didn't have to "feel" the my prayers were goingto be answered, I could KNOW it because His word had promised it...He'd even given me several (Luke 1:36, Matthew 21:22, James 1:6 and my foundation verse, Is. 45:2-3) I just had to choose to take Him at His Word. God in His goodness reemphasized this point in church the following Sunday when our pastor spoke of faith being a choice we make, not an emotion we experience.
The excitement of a vacation returns as you near the destination. Once again you are excited and are anticipating all the good things ahead. I don't know that our meeting Tebow is in sight...yet... but it will be and the joy has returned because I am CHOOSING to take God at His Word.