Looking around, I see pains, failure, challenges; I feel terribly restless and tired of life. Each day something keeps ministering shame, fear, and terrible things to me. Sometimes I feel like am dying slowly, as if am wasting away and virtues gradually oozing out of me.
I thought of the worst, what happens when my expectations from God are cut short rather than being met as every situation seems to prove that God isn’t hearing? Again, something pushed me to start accepting ‘fate’, saying “you can actually die without impact” and then another thought came -all the efforts you’ve sowed into your being, are you going to allow it waste…don’t you want answers?
And that song came to me: He will not tarry, He will not delay,
He will come back very soon….
Immediately, the same spirit reminded me of God’s mercy in times past, the mercy that saw me through the first, second, third and currently the fourth quarter of the year, God could have killed me but he chose not to; it is enough reason for me to know that am not forgotten.
Am still expectant and now no matter what happens, am certain God will make a way for me, I will rejoice, celebrate and be celebrated in the land of the living as the Lord will make rivers even in deserts for me.
Are you by any chance facing any challenge(s)? Probably you can’t even explain what is going on, no one to confide in, no means of livelihood, do you lack love or perhaps you’ve started believing that your case isn’t ordinary; thinking it has a spiritual undertone? Here is a word of assurance for you today- He hasn’t forgotten you, you are right on His mind and he will make things that concern you beautiful in his own time. But one thing, remain in HIM!..that is exactly what God told me.
The same way Jehoshaphat and Judah citizens did in II Chronicles 20 (I’d like you to read the passage), and you know what they did; they recounted all the previous deeds of God and challenged Him with it (II Chro 20:6-12) and of course He fought their course and gave them the spoils of their enemies (Vs 25) which was in abundance and they went back rejoicing, for the Lord their God made them to rejoice over their enemies, problems and challenges.
And the most beautiful part (30b), the Lord gave them Rest…that restlessness and imperfection will give way for rest and perfection n Christ name. Beloved, you have wept enough, refrain from your tears; don’t give up on God, you will soon rejoice greatly.
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