Hi, so today I want to share something that has been weighing on my heart for a while now but I have not managed to be able to write. It is something that has given me freedom; that has allowed the flame of hope to burn brighter in my heart and is a lesson I have written on my wall for remembrance with the intention that it finds its way to be engraved on my heart.
You see, for a few weeks or so worry crept into my heart and so did the malevolent deception of doubt; and I began to wonder. I asked myself; “Will I really see that which God has put on my heart?” “Will the supernatural harvest really happen in this dry and weary land?” I found myself wondering if I was really in the right place or maybe I was just kidding to myself; where the thought and wonder in my mind was “You know what; maybe my dreams are impossible. Maybe I am aiming too high and maybe I should quit. Maybe I should resign myself to the despair of a longing unfulfilled and a dream unfulfilled.”
But thank God; He speaks-He is alive and so is his word. Because as I was meditating on my situation, it occurred to me that the one I serve is God; that He is all powerful and that there is no-one in the universe with whom He can be compared. My mind became flooded with the revelation that there is no one who can defeat God; and neither is there anyone who has defeated Him—ever. And if my problems were really in God’s hands; and if I had really surrendered my dreams and my life to Him—and also if He truly does care and does love me; then there can only be one outcome in my life of these things. And that outcome is victory; an infallible certainty that I will see His word and His promises; all of them become a reality in my life.
Pause for a moment; and really allow this to sink in; allow His word to burn in your heart as this revelation lifts the stress and anxiety from your mind and your heart. Because this is the truth; if it really is in His hands; then what is there to stop it from happening in your life? Is there a situation so big that He is overwhelmed? Is there a failure too deep that you can wallow in from which He cannot redeem? Is there any dream too grand that He cannot orchestrate from occurring? What is it that makes you worry; that makes you anxious if not the unspoken doubt that all that must be done needs to be done in your own strength? And the focusing of your eyes on the size of the mountain and not the size of our God?
Because when it finally gripped me that my dreams and desires were in the hands of an unfailing God; I started chuckling; and I felt lighter in my spirit and in my heart. It became and felt so real that I needed not to worry because God remains God; the Everlasting and Immortal King who cannot fail and that because He loves me; I can trust Him to steer the ship of my life towards the realisation of all of my dreams. And even now; sometimes when the thoughts seem to be whispered in my mind; or when someone says it; I look for wherever I have written those words for they are like an anchor to me; a place of refuge where I can stand in the peace of God that passes understanding—for though I may not yet know how or when; I know my Father loves me. And I know that His promises are Yes and Amen in my life; and that He is good and that surely; the word He has sent to my life will be fruitful and bear that for which it is sent.
I share this because I hope this Word will do the same in your life; to break the bonds of anxiety and fear and bring you to a place and position where the freedom of God reigns in your life; and you can laugh; love; freely trust God to take you where He has promised and take each step along the way with confidence and boldness.
Lots of love from me; and may the Father richly bless you with the knowledge of His love freely given and shown to us in the person of Jesus Christ our Saviour.