When God Walks In

"Have you journeyed to the springs of the sea or walked in the recesses of the deep?"(Job 38:16 NIV).

Beautiful one, think of all places your feet have taken you. Looking back from where you now stand, it's easy to see how far you've come. Now, ponder a moment the steps ahead. We cannot change our past, but we can take it step-by-step from this day forward. We can begin making the necessary changes and adjustments in our daily walk. To do so is to journey to a place much better than where many of us have been in our lives

Life. It is a strange four letter word.

Life can mean many things to many people, but we each have one. 

Skim through the pages of time, all of man's history has a common thread; a connection that binds human souls together. I may not have personally known the Apostle Paul, Moses, or Jacob, but I can connect to them through their pain and weakness.

Pain has a funny way of making friends. We will each encounter personal triumph, but it is mans weakness that brings us closer together. Pain and weakness if not dealt with properly, can alter the course of your life; stealing your hope, paralyzing your dreams, and rendering you ineffective.

Sometimes I read articles from the many talented and beautiful women I write with at Take Root and Write. I enjoy reading the fun things like cooking and beauty. Then I come back to my life and as I write, I realize that it is always to the broken, the bruised, and bleeding.

The truth is, I can only write what I know. And, fortunately, I know what it is to be beaten and wounded beyond recognition. I have made more messes in my life than I care to admit, but God walked in each time, and has turned my messes into beautiful messages.

Did you catch what I said earlier? I said "fortunately" I have been wounded..

I never in a million years would ever think that I would say that I am grateful for my pain. But, a life that has never experienced adversity, personal failure, or has never known what it is to be laid low, in my opinion, is no life at all.

When you think about the many people in the Bible, sometimes you just think that the miracles they experienced we're just for them and their time. Not true. Their lives were no different from ours.

Think of the grief-stricken woman who lost her son to death. In walked Jesus and restored his life. What about the Samaritan woman who had four failed marriages and was living with her boyfriend. Jesus walked out of his way to find her at the well and tell her everything she needed to hear. What about blind Bartimaeus who was sitting blind and begging on the road. In walked God, and restored his sight and the  beggar became a believer. Thomas whose faith was shattered was sitting in a room, with his head in his hands wondering how everything could have gone so terribly wrong; in walked Jesus, and revived what was stolen.

There are numerous people that lived their lives and left huge messes everywhere they went. But, when God walks in, things change! People are changed. Circumstances may not go away, but when God walks in, you are not the same person as before.

Still the skeptic? Many have had the same problem. The Apostle Paul had so much knowledge of the things of God that he had to be literally blinded so he could see with the eyes of his heart. What about Peter who looked mostly at the natural and tried to spare Jesus from the cross. How about Moses who had the calling to be a 'great deliverer," but acted out of emotion. He never entered the promised land.

Beautiful One, we will walk many places; some good, some bad. But, let's just say they were a nice detours. Ultimately the places you've been and where you are going are ordered by the Lord. The Bible says, "that the steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord" (Proverbs 20:24 NIV).

That's right! It's all part of Gods plan. He will use a traumatic season, because He's got something planned that will ease all your pain. 

Weakness is not our enemy; our enemy is our own natural sight. We look at what's happened, what's going on now, and we grow discouraged. We are to walk by faith, not by sight. We look to what will be, not what we can see. This too shall pass.  If all we had to hold out for was what we could see, than I don't know about you, but I'm in trouble!

Satan stole Adams vision of the Lord. he took his vision of GOD, and directed it to what he could touch. Jesus came to give us our vision of GOD! When you can see God in the midst of your trial, when God is paramount and your problem isn't, than you know that you can hold on, because God is going to walk in and turn tables on your behalf, and he's going to rock your world!!!

When God walks in, He even prepares a table in the presence of your enemies, so that all those who laughed at you, will now be the ones who envy you.  And you surely will be able to say, no weapon thats formed against you shall ever prosper, all because God walked in.

Beautiful One, just believe.

Comments

[Lindy Abbott]

Bravo! I loved the insight God gave you in noting that Paul had to be literally blinded to the physical world so that he could finally see with his heart! I have never heard or seen that before, and it is so beautiful and so true.

My pastor often says, "God will never let a pain/ hurt enter you life that He is not going to use for your good." I always like being reminded this, and your writing reminded me of this.