Lately I've been giving a good deal of consideration to how God works.  In history, in the world, in families, in our lives, in my own heart.  It is quite amazing, and I know that I will never be able to get my mind around it all.  Still, it is fascinating to think about, read about, and pray about.  I keep asking the Lord to reveal to me just what He wants me to learn.  Sometimes it seems as though He doesn't answer, but then...I remember that He always answers, it's just not always the answer that I want!  Often times His answer seems to simply be, "Wait.  Trust me."  Lord, please help me to do that, rather than whine and complain when it seems like You're not "doing anything!"

How foolish I am.  I forget that I can only see but a tiny part of the enormous picture that He is painting.  It's not about me, my wants, my perceived needs,  my timing.  It's about HIM!  And what HE knows is best for me!  He knows more than I do what I need, and He is continually at work in my life...for my good, and His glory!  I can't begin to count the number of times when I have allowed my eyes to stay fixed on myself, rather than on the Author and Perfecter of my faith!  My dad has given me frequent reminders that I ought not trust my fickle feelings, but to trust in the One...by whom, for whom, through whom all things were created!!!  The Sovereign Lord of the universe.  The One who sent His Son Jesus to die for me...  He loved me that much, how can I not rest in His care each day?

Lately, I've seen the Holy Spirit use our 6 year old (once again) to convict us and call us to Christ and His Word.  He has used music to soften our hearts and remind us of our commitment to each other.  He has used testimonies of others to cause our hearts to glorify Him.  He has used a number of various things to bring us into a conversation about difficult issues...to bring us to peace in our marriage, which brings us to glorifying Him for that work!

Over the years, I have seen God change my heart in such overwhelming ways...it was obviously Him, as there is no possible way I could do that myself!  I have seen Him reveal things to me slowly over a long period of time to gently teach me something that will last in my heart because of the time it's taken to learn.  I have seen Him humble me when my child quotes the Scripture that I need to be mindful of in the midst of my sin.  I have seen Him save friends who thought they already were saved.  I have heard of restored marriages, changes in careers, moves...so many different ways that the Lord accomplishes His purposes in our lives! 

Yesterday I was reading in Matthew, and read "Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they will be satisfied."  And instantly, I knew.  This was one thing He had been working in my heart.  He has lately been drawing me closer and closer to Himself, causing my heart to hunger and thirst to know and love Him more.  And then...He has graciously revealed Himself to me in different ways, thereby satisfying that hunger and thirst.  It's like in Psalms - "Delight yourself in the Lord, and He will give you the desires of your heart."  We have seen Him do this so many times in our lives.  When He has given us a heart that is delighting in Him, then He causes us to desire whatever it is that He has already planned for our lives.  And then...He fulfills those desires!  It is so humbling to see...that He loves us enough to give us the desires that line up with His will...it just multiplies the joy we experience, and the glory we give to Him when it all falls into place!

It reminds me of Psalm 8.  Here are a few bits from that:  O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!  ...When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is man that you are mindful of him, the son of man that you care for him?

No wonder that just a few verses later, David goes on in Psalm 9 to say, "I will praise you, O LORD, with all my heart; I will tell of all your wonders."  Thank You, Lord, for all of the work that You are doing in our lives, in the world, in our hearts...work for our good and for Your glory! 

Have you seen the Lord at work lately?  I would love it if you would share with us how He has been working in your life, or someone you know...anywhere that You've seen Him at work.  Let's tell of all His wonders!