Happy New Year !
My apologies for being away from the blog for so long. Fall is my over-the-top busy time and I didn’t manage it well with some of the new things in my life, like this blog. I promise I will endeavor to restructure my time and get my act together.
Last Year
At the beginning of 2017, I noticed people on Facebook chose a word for the year. Some examples were – joy, faith, grace. Mine for 2017 was –> God’s Timeline. In 2017 God showed me that He is Lord of the timeline. He is, in fact, Author of the play. His Word clearly states that His ways are not my ways. It all made sense.
This Year
For 2018 my word is Trust. Not only am I seeing that word in bible study, song lyrics and sermons, but that word is popping up in other devos as well as Facebook, stores, you name it. I’m convinced God is telling me to focus on this. If I’m honest, I think I’ve only been trusting to a point. You too? If you are like me, this realization didn’t come easily. It took some time in His presence talking to Him and more importantly, listening, in order to get it. I see now that I have to completely trust Him in order to press into hope.
Hope
Hope. . .it’s what we long for – – – it’s what we need sometimes more than anything. And I want to get there, but right now things can seem pretty hopeless. I know that God is working even when I can’t see, but in my heart, it’s not always easy to be “all in” with that. And perhaps for me, trust and contentment go hand in hand. God is truly calling me to be content where I am – and to be honest that’s a hard one. This is where I have to rely on God’s promises, and so do you. God is faithful even when no one else is. God is fully and completely reliable. God reminds me in His Word who I am in Him and that I have an awesome inheritance too. I have a heavenly home waiting for me once all this earthly mess is done. So I’m choosing to believe that He is able to do “beyond the beyond’, as Priscilla Shirer says in one of her bible studies. I choose to remember that “impossible is where God starts” as Christine Caine has said in her teaching sessions.
Are you struggling to trust completely? Let’s do this thing together. Keep in God’s Word – Keep praying & listening – Cling to His promises & know that He’s got all this – Jesus is able to do far more than we could ever ask or think. Hallelujah!
Ephesians 3:20-21 Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, to Him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever & ever. Amen.