The thing that moves me to write to you today is the character of our great God.
I went straight from my knees to my laptop because during my moment of prayer, this just hit me so DEEPLY.
OUR GOD IS GOD ON THE MOUNTAIN TOPS AND GOD IN THE VALLEYS.
I feel like that sentence should have its own soundtrack.
There is nothing in the Christian faith that assures you that you will be exempt from suffering. In fact suffering is just as assured as breathing, whether you believe in God or not. No one on this earth will get a hall pass. As the laughs come, so will the tears come. As the births come, so will the deaths come. As the relationships come, so will they also be broken. As the friendships come, so does the loneliness also come. But the assurance of the Christian faith is this…
God is God through it all. Just as HE rejoices with you in your highs, so too does HE sit with you in your lows.
Have you ever just needed someone to sit with you in your lows?
When you face your lowest seasons, be assured that you are not alone. Feel God breathing every breath you take into your lungs. Feel HIM sitting beside you and holding your hand, lying beside you while you cry and wiping your tears. Feel HIM planning your way of escape. Feel HIM diligently planning every lesson that you will learn from this. Feel HIM mending your broken heart piece by piece. If you are well acquainted with Jesus, rest assured in the powerful thought that
YOU CAN NOT FALL OUTSIDE OF THE WILL OF GOD.
This means that when you fall, you fall in the palm of His hand. I can think of no better way of falling. I mean, if falling is assured, I might as well do it in God’s hand.
I leave you with this thought. Sometimes God doesn’t give us what we ask for right away because He knows the only reason we’re still on our knees is because we have yet to receive the thing we seek. AND He knows that if there’s one thing that is gonna prepare us for that one thing we ask for, it’s this season we spend on our knees.
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