God sees ... truly SEES ... our hearts, our actions ... HE knows the future, and sees our past ... HE is in our present ... why, oh children, do we fear or fret ... the wicked will one day get their reward and the down trodden will one day be lifted up ... HOPE in the God Who Sees ... the help of man is futile ...
reflections ... last week of january ... the quiet month ... asking God to be my confidence and strength as i journey on ...
this verse speaks to me ... sometimes we are in situations where there is nothing we can do about it ... if people refuse to believe us, forgive us, or love us ... there is really nothing we can do to change their already made up minds ... BUT if Jesus lives within us ... He is the ONE who has won every battle for us - already! He sits on the Father's right hand ... mission accomplished ...
if you are a battle weary soul ... feeling at a loss because everyone has deserted you ... remember - stand still and see the salvation of the Lord ... because we do not need to fight in this battle if we are positioned in Him ... watch and pray, for your redemption draws near ...
the WORD of God is not chained, said the Apostle Paul ... he penned those words while in prison ... irony of irony's ... though Paul was physically chained ... the living Word of God wasn't ...
evil men thought to stamp out God's living, eternal Word ... how foolish ...
and the world that neglects so great a salvation is still foolish ...
read the Word - it has the power to transform your life!
december is a month filled with hope, endless possibilities and good will towards others ...
then january arrives ...
reality looks bleak, life seems routine and if you live in middle canada - the weather is bitterly cold! that is when we need to walk by faith, not by sight ... and ignore any discontent or ikkiness inside us and offer to God the sacrifice of praise ...
it is not always easy to be grateful (even when we should be) or to give Jesus praise (even tho' HE is worthy) ... on those days the fragrance of a thankful word may be all that much sweeter to a God who is always attentive to us ... offer to Him the sacrifice of praise ... this is what proclaims our allgiance to the only ONE worthy of that praise ...
as we continue into the new year ... the unknown ... if God is your Source of all things ... remember He is also the ONE who goes into this new year with you - already knowing what it holds for you ... the challenges, the joys, the trials and triumphs ... go with confidence knowing that HE will take care of you and always always always have your back ... HE is our High Tower ...
yes, please ... help me, Lord ... may i be a woman who builds up, not tears down ... who praises more than she finds fault ... may the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable to you Lord ...
"I said to the man who stood at the gate of the year, 'Give me a light that I may tread safely into the unknown.'"
"And he replied, 'Go out into the darkness and put your hand into the hand of God. That shall be to you better than a light and safer than a known way.'"
~ King George VI on New Year's Eve 1939, the first months of WWII ..
