Saturday, November 1, 2008 - The Faithfulness of God |
I felt really compelled to write this fine evening. I was going over my Google Reader (it's the bomb) and i noticed my friend Nutmeg had written a few new posts. (check out her blog at www.breakingintolife.blogspot.com) Her latest post talked about how the road of life takes us many places, but we can't see around the bend sometimes and we have to rely on God.
I don't really know why i am urged to write tonight. maybe there's someone reading this that just is at a point in their life where they don't know if they can trust God. it feels uncomfortable. it feels dangerous. it doesn't sound like a good idea, because you aren't in control. i'm at that point! my life is so full of twists and turns i can't keep track. lately i've been going through a rough time just trusting people. there's been quite a few people in my life that have just...not held up to their word. it gets kind of frustrating, you know? not being able to rely on people.
the Israelites were really a stubborn people. God took a big risk when he chose them to be his CHOSEN people. after God delivered them from Egypt (like he said He would), the Israelites sinned against God. so God had them wander in the desert for 40 years. during this time, God gave them manna, which, we're not really sure what that was, but it sustained them. God was so faithful in giving His kids the food they needed and didn't let them starve. He kept His covenant with them.
then, the Israelites sinned again and again and again and AGAIN! they just couldn't learn their lesson. (sounds like America....and me for that matter.) As I was reading through Deuteronomy, Joshua, and Judges, i noticed that God didn't stop feeding them manna until they had defeated the Caananites and everyone else in that area, until they could sustain themselves. God took care of each and every Israelite until they could provide for themselves and they were done with those desert days. how awesome is that? i would have been tempted to just leave them there and let them starve. they were a stiff-necked and twisted generation. (although, we all are, right?)
my point here is that God is completely faithful. not one of the promises that God promised to Israelites' forefathers or the promises that God made to the Israelites was forgotten. He fulfilled every single one.
every
single
one.
there's a song that the worship leader at our church leader wrote that came from Habakkuk 3. this is some parts of it that really touch my heart and remind me that even though i'm gonna go through hard times and it may seem like i'm in a desert, i will trust in the Lord, because the Lord will never, ever, ever let me down.
ever.
Though the fig tree does not bud
and there are no grapes on the vines,
though the olive crop may fail
and the fields produce no food,
though there are no sheep in the pen
and no cattle in the stalls.
yet I will rejoice in the Lord.
yet I will rejoice in the Lord.
I will be joyful in God! I will be joyful in God!
I will be joyful in God my Savior!
I will be joyful in God! I will be joyful in God!
I will be joyful in God my Savior!
The soverign Lord is my strength! He makes my feet like that of deer!
The soverign Lord is my strength! He enables me to go on the hights.
God, remind me that when i rely on myself, i stand 0% chance against anything. but if i rely on you, i have a 1000% chance. Lord, please, remind me that you never fail. you never falter. you are perfect. you never break a promise, and you never make a promise that you won't keep. you are magnificant. you are absolutely trustworthy with evertything and anything. thank you for being there. thank you for not abandoning your children in the wilderness, and thank you for not letting go of this generation that hates you and rejects you. open their eyes, and send workers out into the harvest field, for it is ripe with the harvest. Lord I love you, and I pray that you would enable me to serve you with all my heart, soul, strength, and mind. Thanks again...
~Sunshine
Joshua 21:45
Not one of all the LORD's good promises to the house of Israel failed; every one was fulfilled. |
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Sunday, November 2, 2008 - Untitled Comment |
| Posted by Laura |
I am one of those people who needed to read that. :) I am having a hard time trusting God especially because of the election this year. Yesterday I did not have faith that McCain will win, but today, I feel at rest about that. I have faith that he will win. I am trusting God because His plan is what He wants for me, and no other, so I know that it's the best plan. thanks so much for writing that.
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I AM: a daughter of the King of kings. A garden locked up. not my own. bought with a price. a mirror for Christ. 13 years old. homeschooled. imaginative. loved. precious. a servant.
I LOVE: my Abba. music. hugs. close friends. the Word. using my imagination. giving out God's love and mercy. pouring myself out to others. journaling. playing piano. playing guitar. my Mama and Papa.
I WILL: give up my life for someone else. live overseas. roam the earth. adopt a child. die for Christ. fall in love.
I HATE: sin. lying lips. two-faced people. false modesty. blasphemy against the Holy Spirit.
  
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