I sometimes love to sit and smile about what God is doing through my very soul . There is a deep part of me that not many people venture out to know or even better, I let them know…. it is somewhat like trying to reach the deepest part of the ocean; hard, scary, challenging, adventurous, but once you get to that destination, I believe you might find something bigger than Robby.
I am a follower of Jesus. I am yearning for Him. I am hungry and thirsty for Him. I am in awe of His power and greatness. He ventured out to my soul and captured it so long ago. He is my best friend. My comforter. My provider. My physician. He is my LORD! He is my ABBA. He is the lover of my soul. He is…….
Your turn, ponder about who He is to you?
I know that ever since training camp in Georgia one month ago, I entered into somewhat of a new occupation (besides being a missionary)… but a contortionist. YES! Being shaped awkwardly (though happy) by a new love for Him, new ways of looking and loving people, new feelings, new wonders, new dreams, new aspirations, a new level of Christ, a new foundation, new revelations, new people who have entered into my life that will play a significant part of my future. I Praise the Lord always for what He has done and is doing in this vessel that He has created.
The last couple of days, Jesus continually talks to me in scripture, especially in the area about obedience and how that applies to my current status. I have felt lead to share with you all some of what God is doing in this new season of my life. As you read this, I want you to flip in your bible and read it out loud- the Lord has convicted me of how important it is to read out of the WORD itself because of the power it holds….if you can’t read it through your bible— then please read it here. I pray and hope He touches you like He has done with me.
Isaiah 55:8-12
“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways my ways,” declares the LORD. “For as the heavens are higher than the earth. So are My ways higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts. For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return there without watering the earth and making it bear and sprout, and furnishing seed to the sower and bread to the eater; So will my word be which goes forth from My mouth; It will not return to Me empty, without accomplishing what I desire, and without succeeding in the matter for which I sent it. For you will go out with joy and be lead forth with peace.”
My thoughts are so minuscule compared to the Lord. Mark Batterson states so perfectly, “Astronomers have spied galaxies 12.3 billion light-years from earth. To put that distance into perspective, consider the fact that light traveling 186,000 miles per second only takes eight minutes to travel the 93 million miles between the sun and planet earth. Sunlight is only eight minutes old. But light from the furthest galaxy takes 12.3 billion years to get here…..And God says that is about the distance between His thoughts and our thoughts.” WOW!
The Lord has exposed a colossal amount of information to me lately and though sometimes I feel overwhelmed, I am indebted to Him. My thoughts aren’t His and ways aren’t His either. Truths that He has spoken into me make me smile and let me know that God is still living and active in my soul. He is FAITHFUL! This is where His glory is to be known and found, not Robby’s glory- but His. What credit would He get if these arduous things in life that are impossible with man weren’t hard to get at all? I believe, His power and His sacrifice would be useless. That is why He chooses to expose himself through the impossible! Right??
I have new opportunities in life that Christ has given me, the impossible it seems. Am I going to react to them in such a way that I will run like a coward, or am I going to face these “new mountains” –Rockies of course, because they are beautiful! :>) Will I pray that I run straight to them with the power of the Holy Spirit and the armor of Christ? I hope so. I need to acknowledge fully that it will be Christ who has the victories- not I– yes, I am elated for this new season of life…. no words can really describe the true emotion. Maybe these words are simple, but yet so powerful, I love Jesus!
Philippians 4:4–“Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice!”
In Him,
Robby
