In Jamaica, the Lord gave me the word surrender. Along with that word He told me to devote an hour to Him and lay on the floor for an hour. Here I am in Nepal, month five and revisiting that moment when I payed on the floor for an hour. Surrendering is never a one time thing. So here we go again, it is time to lay on the floor again. Fully trusting and putting my life completely and fully in His hands is not easy. This month in Nepal is ATL, ask the Lord. ATL is a time when you can fully embrace asking where the Lord wants you and going and putting His call into action. Sometimes He calls you to sit in His peace and give all your stresses, all your anxiousness to Him. ATL has brought amazing people into my life.
The first blessing was Huku also known as Dad. Huku was our trekking guide which quickly changed into going to church services and a lot of quality time during doctor visits and meals together due to illnesses. No matter what I plan, where I am, the Lord’s plans are the only ones that matter. One minute we were hiking and the next I was being brought soup and sprite to my bed by our trekking guide who was so happy to call me daughter. I have multiple lessons this ATL month about completely trusting the Lord with everything in my life, and it all ends up so wonderfully. No matter what plans fail, what sickness comes, what blessing comes along, in the end it is all ran and healed by the Lord.
In Exodus 14:14, “The Lord will fight for you; you have only to keep still.”
No matter where you are, what you are doing, the Lord will fight for you, and He wants you to surrender and trust Him and His will. By surrendering I am keeping still. I do not want to go against a life that is filled with peace, balance, truth, simplicity, and obedience. I want to fully embrace everything the Lord has for me without and in that will come calmness and stillness with Him and I United and blissfully walking together.
Today I am not concerned about tomorrow, next week, a month from now, a year from now, I know He has awesome plans for me. Today I rest in the now and allow Him to fully surround, comfort, and overflow love through me in where I am at in the moment.
My Lord and savior is my peace and comfort in my life but He is also my armor and my courage. With His grace I am not afraid and my days do not go by without being completely embraced by His awesome Love. In the times I do get worried and concerned about what is to come, God simply calls me to lay on the floor and He reminds me in those moments with everything in His hands, I will not be shaken.
