Do you ever sit and just think about who God is? I mean, He
is the great I AM so he can be all things to all people but do you ever think
about who He is to you. He has been different things to me at different times
in my life. He’s been a keeper, a deliverer, a healer. He’s been a provider and
a redeemer and the best kind of comforter and friend. He’s quite simply God. He’s
whatever you need Him to be. I think one of the greatest aspects of God that often goes unnoticed is that of teacher which He
exhibited beautifully through Jesus. If we can catch on to what He's trying to teach us in life, the journey will become much smoother.
Sometimes I think we get so caught up in the emotions of our
life that we fail to see the lessons. It’s hard when you’re in a valley
situation to see the set of stairs that will lead you out. Sometimes all you
can see are the walls. God has been showing me a lot lately about recognizing
the process in the midst of the circumstance. Think about this…maybe you’ve
been praying and praying for a job and you can’t seem to get one. However, you’ve
been on lots of interviews and your resume is tight. You’ve networked and made
lots of contacts. Then after a year of searching, the perfect job comes your
way with everything that you’ve been looking for and you get it after what
seems to be the best interview of your life. Is it possible that all of those
interviews that you went on, the many hours of finetuning your resume, and meeting all of those contacts were preparation for the blessing? It's all about the process!
When we read 2 Timothy 3:16 – 17, it’s usually when someone
asks us what scripture is. But when I looked at it this
morning in the NLT, it spoke to me about using the Word of God to recognize the
process in the valley. “All Scripture is
inspired by God and is useful to teach us what is true and to make us realize
what is wrong in our lives. It corrects us when we are wrong and teaches us to
do what is right. God uses it to prepare and equip his people to
do every good work.” If that isn’t a
process, I don’t know what is. Instead of getting stuck in your hard place, use
the Word to start climbing out of it. Look at the situation that you might be
in and see what God could be trying to teach you and search the Word for your
next step. It's all about the process!
We’ve all read or heard of Ecclesiastes 3:
1-8…”For everything there is a season…” They are beautiful and meaningful verses
that remind us that there is a time and place for everything. One of the verses
probably applies to just about any situation that we can ever face. However, I encourage you to read the entire chapter.
There is one verse that stood out to me when thinking about this journey that
we are on. “Yet God has made everything beautiful
for its own time. He has planted eternity in the human heart, but even so,
people cannot see the whole scope of God’s work from beginning to end.” (Ecc.
3:11, NLT) Don’t get caught up in where
you are, trying to figure out why you are there. You can’t see God’s entire
thought process for your life. The Bible says in more than one place that His thoughts
are higher than ours. God has a plan and
it’s for your good. Instead of worrying
about what’s next, look for the good in the present. Instead of crying about
the past, rejoice that God has given you a future. Instead of seeing the dry
bones in your valley, ask God to breathe new life into them. Instead of seeing the pain, I encourage you to
look for the lesson. There’s gold at the end of the fire!
Be blessed.
1 comment:
Wooooooo YES!!!!! Thank God for the RHEMA WORD!!!!!!....I do see the stairs and im climbing out of my valley and I got my "FLASHLIGHT"
with me.....LOVE YA SIS!
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