In His time...by His hand...in His way - do we trust Him?

"The Lord said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt…for I know their sorrows and I am come down to deliver them".
Do you believe God sees your need and condition, just as he did with Israel? We often glibly say, “Christ is all,” yet when we face a crisis—when one thing after another goes wrong, our prayers seem unanswered, and hope after hope is dashed—we descend into fear. Indeed, we succumb to fear. But the fact is, God never forsakes his children in their time of anguish, even when things seem absolutely hopeless. We can always trust Him! (David Wilkerson)

In His time...by His hand...in His way - do we trust Him?
Is He truly our 'all in all' in all matters of this life?
How do you stand on the Rock of our Salvation?
Is your foundation built upon the Chief Cornerstone?

Trust, faith and new shoes

We can be very impatient people. And most times we want to have everything right now – no waiting. Our present instantaneous society has ingrained within us an immediacy about everything that we do and think. And if we don’t get what we believe that we need at that moment we can become very anxious, even to the point of questioning the Lord and wondering why He is not acting upon our behalf!

In our walk as His followers upon this earth, we have the ability to ‘wear out our shoes’ thus creating ‘holes in our souls’. When we focus on the ‘means’ (the material stuff of daily life) and forget the ‘ends’ (the stuff of eternity) we can get knocked off the narrow path and begin to mingle among the ways of the wide path – the path does not lead to abundant life. As we straddle the wide path we can wear out our shoes and create holes in our souls – areas where we no longer have complete trust and faith in our Lord thus creating anxiousness and anxiety in our lives.

I am here to tell you that our Lord does not want His children to wear out their shoes and have holes in their souls. He wants all us to have ‘new shoes’ – a life abundant in faith and trust in Him. Where our level of faith and trust in Him is not reliant upon how our daily wants are met, on how quickly we are gratified with the things we deem to be necessary, but resting and trusting in Him completely in and for ALL things.

Are your shoes worn out? Ask your Father for new ones and then rest in Him!

Be anxious for nothing (Phil 4:6)

I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly. (John 10:10)

Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us, to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen. (Eph 3:20-21)

The WORD of Life

Establish Your word to Your servant, as that which produces reverence for You.

Revive me according to Your word, strengthen me according to Your word, be gracious to me according to Your word, sustain me according to Your word;
For Your word is very pure and the sum of Your word is truth, sanctify me in your truth, Your word is truth;

I wait for Your word, for I trust in Your word, establish my footsteps in Your word;

For Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path,
And this is my comfort in my affliction, that Your word has revived me;

I rejoice at Your word, O Lord, and may I speak Your word with all confidence;
Jesus, You are the Word of Life.

He who gives attention to the word will find good and blessed is he who trusts in the LORD.
(Proverbs 16:20)

For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing as far as the division of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
(Hebrews 4:12)

the world shall see...

Lord God Almighty,
May Your wisdom be upon me
May Your fullness dwell within me
May Your peace reign in me
May Your light shine through me
And the world shall see the beauty of Your presence, the wonder of Your glory, the miracle of Your grace and the greatness of Your mercy.