My devotion from today. I love how God knows exactly what we need to see and hear at just the right moment.
Our trials and our pains are opportunities to walk out our faith and to see the mighty hand of God at work.
The other night I was talking with a precious friend and I was sharing that I honestly do not know how I could get through all this without knowing the Lord. Without knowing His anointed hand would reach out and rescue me from the treacherous waters, without knowing that He promises not to give us more than we can handle, without knowing there is hope in Him and without knowing He is faithful and unchanging. Without knowing there is an enemy at large that is trying to detour, distract and defeat me and that even in the MORE He shows up in the fires to carry us through unburned.
You see people ask me daily how I am surviving, saying if this was them, they do not know how they would make it through. And my answer is this simple. I have seen the mighty hand of God at work in such profound ways sooo many times in my life and in others that there is NOTHING else to do but cling to the cross. The Bible, the scriptures, His WORD are not just black and white words. They are His promises. They are truths in how He meets us in our brokenness, in our despair, in the valleys and how He provides a way, streams of living water, glue (HIM) to piece back together our broken souls. He shows up and shows off even in the last second of the last minute.
Listen, there are days i am weary, there are days I don’t think I could make it out of the fire without major burns. There are days I feel alone, unworthy and days my heart and soul are just broken and ugly. But it’s in those days I receive an unexpected text, an unexpected phone call, an unexpected prophetic word, an unexpected blessing and I am reminded He is in the fire, in the treacherous waters, in the overflowing flood I am in WITH me. Holding my hand, guiding my steps and carrying me through. I am reminded to be deeply rooted in Him and to have my tribe, the ones who will not judge me but love me in my ugly, helping to position and repositioned me before HIM.
The world, life will fail you but HE will never fail you.
I know I have had a go of it lately and there is honestly more that is on my plate than I have shared. It’s heavy and it’s a lot but my strength in Him, my faith in HIM is unshakable and unwavering and I stand grounded and firm in who I am in Him and where He is taking me. The enemy cannot and will not win this or any battle before me in my journey.
I don’t know where you are at today but know He is faithful and His promises are TRUTHS. He will not leave you nor forsake you and He will not let you drown or get burned in your current life situations. Trust Him, grab ahold of His anointed healing hands and allow Him to be your strength. I promise you, you will not be disappointed in HIM
Psalm 23: The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing. He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters,
he refreshes my soul. He guides me along the right paths for his name’s sake. Even though I walk through the darkest valley,[a]
I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. Surely your goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.