You smell the rain? Hear the deep rumble in the distant dark clouds? Feel the wind as it makes the trees dance? A storm is here. The sun was just warm and shining, a soft breeze was all there was. But, all you see now is the dark landscape with each streak of lightning. You're in a storm. It's getting louder with every boom. Having no shelter is going to make it hard to stay safe and dry. There's no peace standing in the rain, under the black clouds just asking you to step closer with ever flash of lightning. This is a storm.Standing in the rain you feel as if your drowning. No where to go. It feels like you're forgetting something. It's so cold and dark. You feel so alone, miserable, and frightened.
But, as if from heaven itself, you hear a soft voice calling your name. This voice is softly saying, "Be still and know that I am God. Don't be afraid, fix your heart on Me, trust in Me." [Psalms 46:10, Psalms 112:11]
You may cry out, "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? Why art thou so far form helping me.." [Psalms 22:1]What He wants you to remember is that He is your shepherd...He restoreth your soul...you should fear NO evil because He is with you. [Psalms 27]
You may be in the midst of a storm, but God never left you. In these storms it may take every ounce of your being to survive, but if we're fighting against the storm in Christ, we will come out stronger. Storms make trees take Deeper Roots. In the storm trust in God, it won't last forever. So, when it finally passes you'll have deeper roots because you were clinging to Christ. Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. [James 4:8] I pray you'll come out with deeper roots in Christ with every passing storm.
~Beautifully Created 4 Christ~
~1 Chronicles 22:19~
I know many people say that God will let you bend but he won't let you break. But you know what, the Bible says that he will let you break but He will always and I mean ALWAYS be there to pick you back up. "For we stretch not ourselves beyond our measure, as though we reached not unto you: for we are come as far as to you also in preaching the gospel of Christ:" 2 Corinthians 10:14. The world will push and push until we fall on our faces because that's the way the devil is and we may think that it's over and there's nothing left to help us. But we're wrong. There is always someone there who is reaching His hand out to us, to pick us back up when the world's knocked us down.
ReplyDeleteSo, just remember that, no matter what the world thows at you. No matter what tree branches fall on you during the storm. No matter what pushes you over the cliff, THERE IS ALWAYS SOMEONE WHO WILL REACH HIS HAND OUT TO YOU TO PICK YOU BACK UP!!
We will fall. It's going to happen because we are still sinners. But, we're sinners saved by grace. Thank you for sharing! :)
Delete~Beautifully Created 4 Christ~
That is true. And most don't like falling. But you know what, the best kind of falling is the kind where God will be there to pick you back up. And to answer you're question, I posted the last message.
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I'd rather not fall at all, but if I do I know God will be there for me. And who, may I ask, is "I"?
Delete~Beautifully Created 4 Christ~
I'm pretty sure that no one likes to fall. Firstly, it's embarrising to fall on your face and nobody likes that. Secondly, it kinda hurts to fall and most people don't like pain.
DeleteWho do you think is "I"? 'Tis the one who sees the obvious, the one who, after seeing the obvious, states the obvious. The captain of all obviousness.
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