Sometimes you find yourself smack dab in the middle of a transition and God asks you to do something humanly ridiculous. You start to hear yourself yelling right along with your personal paparazzi, "You're crazy. That's a terrible idea! Where's the wisdom in that?" (and other such reasonable responses). Meanwhile Your Favorite keeps right on reiterating His Resurrecting Power, His All-Sufficient Grace, His Track Record of Deliverance and His Continual Presence with you. he starts telling You about the things that win His approval: a life of faith and obedience, of testifying to His glory and excellence, and a broken and contrite heart. He starts speaking these words during your time together: "'Shall I bring to the point of birth and not cause to bring forth?' says the LORD; 'shall I, who cause to bring forth shut the womb?' says your God. Isaiah 66:9What do you do when He starts sending strangers (yes, that's plural) to tell you that God is pleased with what you are doing, that Congratulations are in order because clearly there has been a transformation happening in your life? Do you stand in His way with shoddy faith? You might be tempted to, but then He sends reminders of His unstoppable will like this: "If then God gave the same gift to them as he gave to us when we believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, WHO WAS I THAT I COULD STAND IN GOD'S WAY?" Acts 11:17What do you do when He starts emphasizing the Provider facet of His infallible features and provides for an opportunity almost seeming to support the humanly impossible endeavor? You may start to question as I have, "Are you just keeping me distracted while in the middle of this transition or does this idea have actual weight? But then He reminds You: "And David had success in all his undertakings, for the Lord was with him." 1 Samuel 18:14When He steps in and emphasizes that He is responsible for EVERY success you've ever had because of His grace toward you, you start to perk up. You start to remember that your life is not about you; it's about what He wants to show the world through you. Disbelief ought to be quickly overcome every time by the reality of the resurrection. "But they were startled and frightened and thought they saw a spirit. And he said to them, 'Why are you troubled, and why do doubts arise in your hearts? See my hands and my feet, that IT IS I MYSELF. Touch me, and see.'" Luke 24: 37-39Consider always the contrast between you and Him. Never lose sight of how vastly finite, fragile and incapable you are as you gaze upon the One Who is able to do exceedingly abundantly beyond all you ever ask or think, the One who won't quit when you want to, and who increases the strength of the one who has no might.
I'm in the middle of moving, staying with kind friends for the next little while, and He asked me to reignite an old business flame of an idea. At a time when I have no money and no idea if anything will come from having a booth at a rather large event. But He keeps doing all these things (see above). Should I have a back-up plan if this fails? I can't honestly say that He has been leading that direction in the slightest. So, is my hope in this business being successful? Nope. My hope is in Him and what He very clearly seems to be doing that He has asked me to join in on. So, I'm buckling that seat belt of truth for the back woods adventure we're going on together, trusting my Driver Who knows just where He's going, the Place where His Plan makes sense whether or not it ever does to me. I guess you might say I'm all in.
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