The words to an old, well-loved and familiar song comes to mind today: His eye is on the sparrow, why should I feel discouraged, why should the shadows come. Why should my heart be lonely and long for Heaven and home? When Jesus is my portion, my constant friend is He, His eye is on the sparrow and I know He watches me. Why are we discouraged and cast down? When we know that God is on our side. He is for us. He is not against us. Despite what some religious people may try to tell you. HE IS NOT MAD AT YOU! He loves you completely and wants His perfect will to come to pass in your life.
He isn't sitting up in Heaven waiting for you to do something awful, so He can cast you into outer darkness! The word tells us that Jesus is seated at the right hand of the Father ever making intercession for us. He wants us to make it! He wants us to succeed! He knows the end from the beginning and He realizes who and what we are. He is the one that made us, we didn't make ourselves. The Psalmist David said it like this in Psalm 100:3 Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
He made us and so therefore He knows every single nuance of our being. He is not shocked or amazed when we err or fall off of the path. He knows all about it. Don't get into condemnation over what other people may say to you or about you. He wants you to succeed. He wants you to make it to that Heavenly city more than you want to make it. We seem to forget sometimes that we have the ability and the grand privilege of being able to call out to the God of the universe, that happens to also be our Heavenly Father and say God!! help me! I need you! rescue me from my own foolishness! Help me God! He will, the word tells us so. The word says in Jeremiah, call on me and I will answer you and show you great and mighty things that you know not. He wants to hear us, He wants to answer us and provide what is needed to help us on this rough and sometimes rugged road that we are traveling on.
The word also tells us that we can come boldly before the throne of grace to obtain mercy in time of need. I don't know about you, but I have to call out a whole lot sometimes. I have those days where I am out-- loud-- in --front --of-- people-- saying Oh God!please help me to keep my mouth shut! Oh God I need you, right now, right here, at this exact moment to help me! and guess what? He always does. He is always right on time. Now, mind you, He has never been known to be early but guess what? He is never late either. He is always right on time. He allows us to wait sometimes because in the waiting we are stretching our faith, perfecting our patience and long suffering and the one I really have a hard time with self- control. The word tells us that a man without self control is like a city with broken down walls and some days that is exactly how I feel. Just like I have no defense, I have no strength left within me to do what needs to be done. But, when I take the time to calm myself, focus on Him and talk with Him, my anxiety, fear, frustration seems to melt away. The problem may not be immediately dissipated but I feel more equipped and able to handle whatever is in my path.
Today I want to encourage you to cry out to Him. To start and end your day with Him. He is the end all, be all, fix all in our lives and He is willing and able to help us in any and every situation that we manage to find ourselves in. Even in those self-created messes that we struggle with . He will save us from our own destruction if we will just call on Him. He loves us enough, to rescue us from our own foolishness and set us back on the right path. He truly is working out all things for our good and for His glory. Romans 8:28 And we know that all things work together for the good of them that love the Lord and are the called according to His purpose. Let Him get all of the glory today from your story. Let Him turn your mess into a message and lean on Him for strength and help today in time of need.
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Priscilla Hinds
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