We had worship on the roof Monday night and as I was praying and crying out to God and worshiping, He brought 2 Samuel 7:22 to mind:
“How great you are, Sovereign Lord! There is no one like you, and there is no God but you, as [we have heard with our own ears].
But I remembered the last part as “I have seen with my own eyes.”
And then was reminded also of this verse:
“I remain confident of this: I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.” (Psalm 27:13)
In that moment, I realized I do know the God of the Bible. I have seen Him with my own eyes through the work He has been doing in me on the World Race.
He is the One Who has saved me.
He is the One Who has healed me and is still healing me.
He is the One Who has forgiven me, taken my shame and made me clean and Who is still forgiving me.
He is the One Who is taking this shattered heart and making it new, tender and responsive to Him.
And He is the One Who is disciplining me and shaping me and will not stop until He sees His Son in me.
He is the only One Who can make me to stand and He is in the process of doing just that. He will surely do it.
He is the Only One Who needs to be ok with me and He is. He is actually ok with me. And He loves me!
It’s not about me and how well I can learn to love and be nice and do all the right things at the right time with the right words and the right tones, but it’s about how good God is to take a mess like me and make me like Him.
To God be all the glory! He loves us so, so much. He wants us to know Him, the real Him, and He will pursue us and respond to our pursuit of Him until He has our whole hearts and we have His.
