I just shared this with my beautiful squad via Facebook and it has left me so fired up that I felt the urge to write it down to remember later.
Background before the quote the author is talking about impossible promises that God has made especially in reference to feeding the 5,000.
“Do you recall what Jesus did right before the miracle? It says Jesus ‘gave thanks.’ He didn’t wait until AFTER the miracle; He thanked God for the miracle BEFORE the miracle happened. Jesus praised God before the miracle happened AS IF it had already happened because HE KNEW HIS FATHER WOULD KEEP HIS PROMISE. He didn’t just pray through; He praised through. ” the Circle Maker Mark batters
Our God knows EXACTLY what we need. There is no such thing as an impossible promise from God. If He promises He will follow through. I always have such a hard time with this. I forget that He cannot break a promise, that His Word is solid. That while we have always known broken promises and less than desirable forgotten promises in this world; He has told us.
“I will never leave you nor forsake you. I have made you, I will rescue you, I will sustain you. Ask and you will receive. I have come that they (you) may have life and have it to the full. “
Those are promises.
I forget that.
I forget that saying those active words “I will” “I have” “I am” constitute as a promise.
I need to remember that in my own life.
But even more! As often as I forget and break promises or have someone accidentally bruise me with their convenient casual dismissal of their promises, He never does.
It is an impossible thought to me that He remembers all of His promises and that He will carry them out. But it is the most comforting impossible thought. I’ve had to start realizing that I should be most comforted when something in my life happens and it seems impossible because that is when I’m relying solely on Him and He can overcome any impossibilities.
Even when I look at the laughingly tiny amount of clothes I’m supposed to live in for a year.
Even when in 3 weeks I will have said goodbyes.
Even when I can’t find important paperwork.
Even when I have thousands left to raise.
Even when, Even when, Even when.
I am human and needy
He is GOD!
