The Lord will work out his plans for my life— for your faithful love, O Lord, endures forever. Don’t abandon me, for you made me. (Psalm 138:8) For many believers, there are times when they don't actually see God working in their lives, believing that he has perhaps forgotten about his 'plans' for them. It is as though God has abandoned them for some reason. At those moments, they can either choose to take things into their own hands, or they can choose to keep their eyes on Jesus, the author and finisher of ALL his handiwork! It can be hard to 'not see' God and still trust him. We are sensory or tactile individuals, so we look for 'evidence' as a basis by which we determine if something or someone is doing what they are supposed to be doing. If someone tells us they will take out the trash, we might use our sense of smell and our eyesight to observe that they job has been done as promised, right? When we enter into this 'unseen' world of faith, it i...
For I am about to do something new. See, I have already begun! Do you not see it? (Isaiah 43:19) There have been plenty of times when God has begun something new in my life, all the while with me being absolutely clueless about what was going on. When he sets out to change my circumstances, I may not understand how he will work, I just know he is working. When he sets out to change my heart, I may even resist a little because I am kind of hard-headed at times. If you are anything like me, you may see God is at work, but you are a little baffled by what he is doing or the methods he is employing in doing his work. Don't worry or resist - ask for wisdom and then watch closely. God's work may begin with a 'big bang' kind of moment - all things in a state of upheaval. His plan isn't to destroy us - but it may feel like it at times. We won't resist the change as much if we keep seeking his face in the midst of it. God's work may begin a little less 'rigoro...