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A Pattern For Faithful Living
Contributed by David Hicks on Nov 28, 2017 (message contributor)
Summary: Looking at the Hall of Faith in Hebrews 11, we can learn from the pattern of those who have gone before how to live a life of faith.
The young man tried, but was unsuccessful in opening the rosebud. And so he handed the old man the rosebud and asked him what this illustration meant. The old man quoted this poem:
It is only a tiny rosebud
A flower of God’s design
But I cannot unfold the petals
With these clumsy hands of mine
The secret of unfolding flowers
Is not known to such as I
God opens this flower so sweetly
When in my hands they fade and die
If I cannot unfold a rosebud
This flower of God’s design
Then how can I think I have wisdom
To unfold this life of mine
So I’ll trust in Him for His leading
Each moment of every day
I will look to Him for His guidance
Each step of the pilgrim way
The pathway that lies before me
Only my heavenly Father knows
I’ll trust Him to unfold the moments
Just as He unfolds the rose.
Faithful living begins when I hear the voice of God.
Faithful living grows when I welcome the power of God.
Faithful living continues when I trust the goodness of God over time.
Faithful living succeeds when I past the test of God
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