Dear Friends,
“Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” Hebrews 11:1
“Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.” Ephesians 3: 20,21
I wonder if you have begun 2026 facing a situation containing more unknown than known, or the answer you need seems almost impossible, from a human point of view. These are hallmarks of the type of beginnings which the Lord chooses. He is Lord and He wants us both to recognize that and to know what He has placed before us He will not fail to lead us through. This is His way of bringing us into the next phase of our destiny in Christ. He is asking to believe and trust Him completely. Many people expect the Lord to do things a certain way which makes them feel safe. However, as the Creator, generally, He prefers to do things in a new way. This is where our faith must engage.
Our secure place is staying close to the Lord depending on the Holy Spirit to guide us. Our heavenly Father teaches us His ways so that we may know Him better. Hebrews 11: 1 reveals that our faith is not meant to be blind but that the Holy Spirit will give us enough guidance to take every step through the journey ahead. I love the way in which Abram was called to leave his relatives and go to the land of Canaan. The Lord did not say much about it except to make an extraordinary promise of Abram’s destiny to become a great nation. He may have thought, “Who me?!” Yes, he had more unknown than known but he obeyed the calling of God and went. He didn’t listen to anyone or get anyone else’s view. God had spoken and that was that. So it should be with us. There is no room for us to be double-minded when the Lord has put a clear calling before us. It takes patience also to see the purpose of God unfold. So often the Lord is making us fit for the fulfilled promise along the way. We don’t start off that way. Abram went through many steps of development very late in his life to have the first taste of his destiny with the birth of Isaac.
The birth of Isaac was a miracle. Abram could not enter into his destiny without this miracle. His old age was not what he expected. Bringing up children would not have been on his original agenda. Until Isaac was grown up Abraham’s destiny could not be ensured. The Lord knew that and so he and his wife Sarah remained strong well into their old age. So, if you have reached a point of no turning back without a miracle and you need a greater capacity than you have right now to see it through, you are like Abraham. You can take courage and be confident in the Lord who showed up in His own way to make the miracle possible.
When Moses was at the Red Sea, he had big trouble behind him and an impossible block right in front of him, humanly speaking. But Moses knew that God was the God of miracles and knew He would not let him, or the people he was with, down. God, of course, was faithful. I love how David expressed this in Psalm 36: 5:-
“Your love, Lord, reaches to the heavens, your faithfulness to the skies.”
The Lord contained the bad trouble of the army of Pharoah behind them so they were all protected and did an amazing miracle of creating a path of dry ground through the Red Sea. The Lord has not changed! He protects us and He provides for us, especially when He wants us to see He is a miracle working God. Again, the Lord did something new to reveal His glory. Let the Lord do a new thing for you. His thoughts are not our thoughts and His ways are not our ways (Isaiah 55:8). Don’t let what you think or have felt you can ask limit your possibilities. This is why we have that wonderful Scripture in Ephesians 3:20,21, quoted above.
2026 is a year for proving the Lord like never before. Let us put our hope and trust in Him.
God bless you,
Pastor Keith Pascoe
