“In the same way I was with Moses, I’ll be with you. I won’t give up on you; I won’t leave you. Strength! Courage! Don’t be timid; don’t get discouraged. God, your God, is with you every step you take.” (MSG)
God is with me. This has been my mantra for a couple of days. And it’s good to get a reminder that God won’t give up on me.
Looking over the last few entries I wrote as well as verses coming out of my devotionals, I can make no mistake that the events that took place over the last few days were all a part of the plan. God knows far better than I do what needs to happen and what I need to go through in order to see where I really am with him in this new life. It is no coincidence that I just wrote about how I have to know what I am not in order to know what I am.
God will never give me more than I can handle (1 Cor. 10:13), but sometimes I have to push myself to the limit. I may not always be the biggest fan of the growth experiences God lines up for me. The last few have been so intense that I wasn’t entirely sure I was going to come out unscathed. Each rattled me in ways that were new and unfamiliar.
But the intensity was necessary to teach me vital lessons. And I have no doubt the teaching is not over and that I have many more of these trials through which I will go. God isn’t finished with me yet (Philippians 1:6), but he has great plans for me (Jer. 29:11) which were planned out before I even lived one day (Psalm 139:16). Who am I to question it? God knows what’s going on and that’s all that matters. I need to trust him.
All of this in its own gnarled way has increased my awareness of God in my life. God knows he needs to rock me to my core to make things stick where I am in life right now. In time, he may not have to pack such a powerful punch, but while I’m still shedding my old skin, he knows he has to bowl me over to get my attention.
As I continue growing into this new God life, I pray that he knocks me over as many times as he needs to for me to get the message. I also pray that I never forget what it means to be broken, even if that means God has to continue to allow me to break now and then.
God is with me – he always has been and he always will be.
Amen! :D
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