Ok random rambling of my heart #2 🙂 I fall in love with God more and more everyday and it is such blessing. What I am learning to love most about this experience is that through the constant intimacy this isolation from the petulance, life in the world can sometimes weigh down on you, creates. This constant absorption of God creates such an accommodation that is truly becoming… well, normal. If I get nothing else from this, that is more than enough. Thank God though, that He truly is the God of abundance and He has so much more for me too!
Another thing God is pressing heavy on my heart is what it truly means to simply, blindly, and 100% faithfully trust Him, even in the minutest ways. Finances? Oh yes, He’s not only got you, but He strategically withholds at times to build, test, and strengthen your faith. So, when you’re not yet fully funded for the trip around the world you’re on, let alone at your next minimal deadline to continue, or you don’t know where rent money is coming from, or how you’re going to pay for the bills you have, or any other financial need…. Be JOYFUL. Oh yes, joyful. Why? Because that need gives you an opportunity to depend on God, to build your trust in Him, and to have a deeper sense of thankfulness when He, the God who only wants to provide for you , meets your needs in His abundance, and most importantly, His timing.
But oh yes, it goes beyond that. Your future? When you do not know where you are going next on this journey around the world that you are already on, or do not know what you are going to do with your life, relationships, career, goals, when uncertainty becomes the beautiful question mark in place of the list of goals, plans, and expectations which have been your security… be THANKFUL. Oh yes, thankful. Why? Because in that uncertainty you can relinquish all control, and learn to walk in a true dependency on God. And in that you have the best assurance there is, because the master planner of it all not only has control, but full reign, and in His hands how could you not prosper?
Lastly, God has really been speaking to me about identity. He is continually breaking me of who I think I am, constantly reminding me that it is through His eyes, His message, and His truths, and that alone that I can ever know who I am. I am reading an amazing book called The Culture of Honor, which talks about knowing, discerning, and walking in who God has created us to be, the gifts He has instilled in us, and what specific role, in its uniqueness, you play in the kingdom. With that also comes the necessity of honoring, uplifting, and humbly cooperating in coexistence with others, by seeing them in God’s eyes as well, and interacting through His grace, His love, and in regard to the image He holds and has created for them. It is really awesome.
So invite you to ask…. Who are you, and what gifts were created in you, in God’s eyes and God’s eyes alone? And what does unadultered, unfaltering, Jesus like grace look like? And where do you rest in your OWN image, and your own self-sufficiency? And lastly how can that gap be bridged, and self sufficiency give way to true, everlasting dependency, and how can our eyes be closed so that we may assume God’s sight of ourselves and others?
Love and miss all of you from home, and thinking and praying for you everyday 🙂 love love
