God never fails. Ever. Even in our darkest moments, our darkest hours, God is always there.
Constant, unchanging, loving, merciful, forgiving, beautiful, all-powerful, all-present, all-knowing- God. Oh how He loves! Nobody can ever come close to understanding how deep He loves us and longs for us.
I am so unfaithful. So flighty and afraid. Always moving, stressing, going.
Yet God remains constant. My rock. My fortress. My peace. Standing there in front of me, smile on His face, saying- "why oh why are you constantly running? Stop. Wait. Rest. I love You. I want You. You. are. mine. You will never be perfect, but I want you and love you just the way you are. Trust me, love me."
Recently, I've been picturing Jesus standing in front me- smiling, arms opens and wide, clasping onto my hands as we walk along together. I have no idea where we are headed; a blindfold obscures my vision; and yet, that doesn't bother Christ. He simply laughs and smiles and says- "trust me. I've got you. I love you." Blindly I follow, clinging desperately to His scarred hands. Confidently He continues to lead me, encouraging me as we walk along. We come to a cliff, harrowing and thousands of feet above the ground. Across the chasm is a beautiful forest and above us- the crystal sky. Continuing to whisper encouraging words to me, holding me all the while, we begin to walk off the cliff across the open, empty space.
I smile. I have no idea where I am, or what I am doing, but God knows- and through His strength, I am accomplishing the impossible. The truth is, if I could see where I was walking, I wouldn't believe it. I would say it was impossible. I would refuse to take another step.
But with God all things are possible. He wants to do the impossible in me. In every single one of us. Yet it requires a step of faith, grasping His firm hands and saying- "I trust You. Guide me." God never fails. He never lets us fall. He will guide us. He will lead us. He will take us through valleys and up mountains, to places we would never dream of going on our own. All for His glory.
Oswald Chambers once wrote- "Faith is deliberate confidence in the character of God whose ways you may not understand at the time."
What are we missing out on because we are not trusting Christ and letting Him lead us? Sometimes it's better to be blindfolded. Even though we can't see or comprehend what is happening around us- God does. And if we hold tightly to Him, He won't let us fall. No matter how humanly impossible or painful the path we are taking becomes.
"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding, in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight."- Proverbs 3:5-6
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