Big changes seem to be happenening, mostly Ending and Pressing On actions, and I feel the Lord so closely in my life and know in my soul that I am in the palm of his hand. Whether it's Kenya plans coming to an end, needing to distance myself from relationships, letting go of worries about my unknown future, I know my God is in the works of something great and unknown to me. The other morning I pulled into the church parking lot for work (I am a youth intern) and before I got out of my car, I asked of the Lord to just show me what he's doing concerning all the these things. I open my bible to Micah.
Micah 1:7-9
“Therefore I will make Samaria a heap of rubble,
a place for planting vineyards.
I will pour her stones into the valley
and lay bare her foundations.
All her idols will be broken to pieces;
all her temple gifts will be burned with fire;
I will destroy all her images..."
a place for planting vineyards.
I will pour her stones into the valley
and lay bare her foundations.
All her idols will be broken to pieces;
all her temple gifts will be burned with fire;
I will destroy all her images..."
It all seemed so clear. There are things in my life that the Lord is needing to strip away so that I am to the point where he is absolutely the only thing I rest my hope in. We all have things in our lives that are good in and of themselves, but we sometimes we take these things and rely on them as a part of out worth, security and identity. It was made known to me that he was ridding me of my idols and also the "stones" that have been weighing me down, so that he can lay bare all of my foundations to where he is the only thing on which I stand so that I can better be his vessel and coming out shining on the other end being a "place for planting vinyards". In all of this, he will "enable me to tread on the heights". In this I am comforted in that there is always hope because God is always working in us and will never leave us nor forsake us.
Though the fig tree does not bud
and there are no grapes on the vines,
though the olive crop fails
and the fields produce no food,
though there are no sheep in the pen
and no cattle in the stalls,
18 yet I will rejoice in the Lord,
I will be joyful in God my Savior.
and there are no grapes on the vines,
though the olive crop fails
and the fields produce no food,
though there are no sheep in the pen
and no cattle in the stalls,
18 yet I will rejoice in the Lord,
I will be joyful in God my Savior.
19 The Sovereign Lord is my strength;
he makes my feet like the feet of a deer, he enables me to tread on the heights.
he makes my feet like the feet of a deer, he enables me to tread on the heights.
-Habakkuk 3:17-19
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