Since last Fall, it seems as if I’m constantly (like every day) going to God for strength, direction and even transportation — i.e.., being carried through one challenge after another. Probably out of His wisdom and love (not tiring of my continually popping into His day) God enlightened me today that if I didn’t leave His side, I wouldn’t have to implore Him to be near and accompany me over my mountains. God never leaves me. I am the one to take a step away.
Oops, I do believe it is time for me to stop insecurely asking God to be near and to start confidently thanking God for never distancing Himself from me. In short, I need to stand on His promises, as opposed to praying for His promises. “It is the Lord who goes before you. He will be with you; He will not leave you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed.” Deuteronomy 31: 8 (ESV)
Like me, are there times when you cry out to God to come rescue you, forgetting God’s hands, 24/7/365, already hold you within the safety of His palm. I need to cease asking God to answer that He will remember me. I need to start proclaiming God’s assurance that “… I will not forget you. Behold, I have engraved you on the palm of My hands, your walls are continually before Me.” Isaiah 49: 15-16 (ESV) What about you? Do you, too, need to stop requesting answers to your insecurities and begin proclaiming the security of God’s Biblically written assurances?
As fallen humans living in an evil world, we seek answers to our fears that harm and destruction will befall us and ours. May we change our focus to as children of God, with complete certainty, we have God’s assurance that “The Lord will keep you from all harm — He will watch over your life; the Lord will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore.” Psalm 121: 7-8 (NIV)
Answers can only, at best, add knowledge to the anxious human mind. Only God’s assurance is the cornerstone that fills one’s heart and soul with the armor of courage, conviction and confidence that God, and God alone, is the source of all power, protection perseverance and peace.
God changed my perspective this week. No longer do I have to reach out for Him. He is already holding me and isn’t letting go. It’s redundant for me to keep asking Him to answer, again and again, if He’s going to carry me. His Biblical assurances are eternal and outspeak and out answer 21st Century perils.
In case anyone is wondering, today’s enlightenment was not God, now, closing the door on unneeded conversations. It was His opening the door for even deeper and more numerous chats. However, I felt God chuckling as He interjected that the best way for me to absorb His wisdom is for me to let Him get a word in edgewise. Do you think maybe God was trying to tell me that I talk too much and need to listen more???
Uplifted in a Broken Down World 