May 03, 2013
I am just totally amazed and stand in awe of God.
Last night an "in your face" moment happened. Nothing hugely upsetting, just something "in your face" that made us feel like life just wasn't quite fair. Sometime during the night I awakened and was thinking about how some things in life just don't seem fair, and immediately a response in the form of a question and a directive came to my mind and was pressed upon my spirit.
When I got up this morning, I picked up my Bible, sat down, turned on the light, and started by reading Habakkuk. I then turned to the Psalms and started leafing through the pages. There it was on the page, exactly as I pictured it. Psalm 73.
In Habakkuk, the prophet is complaining about how life was unfair. God replies—I know what is going on, I will rise up, justice will be done. Habakkuk complains again. He complains that he even feels used by God. God replies—I am God, I can do what I want. Habakkuk says—Okay, God, I get it. You are in control, I am not. I trust you and I will wait for your justice. Even if everything goes wrong and there are no figs on the tree, no olives in the field, no grapes on the vine, and no sheep or cattle in the barns even then,even then I will praise the Lord, for He is the one who is my Savior and who gives me strength.
In Psalm 73, David is complaining about the same thing. He knew what the truth was but he had become discouraged and almost believed the lie. Accountability for the wicked just didn't seem to happen. Not until he went to God did David understand. God is God; HE is in control; I am not; and David became okay with that. Justice will happen when the Lord decides to rise up. And David says—Okay, God—I get it. I surrender to YOU, I want nothing but YOU. I may become weak but YOU are my strength, YOU are my protection—and that is enough.
I choose to believe the truth and not listen to the lies. Thank you, God for the reminder. I "get it." I will wait for your justice and freedom from "the storm."
In Habakkuk God tells him to write down what God was showing him. Habakkuk 2:2 - "Write it clearly on clay tablets so whoever reads it can run to tell others." In Psalm 73:28 David says, "I will tell all that you have done."
Addendum: 9/19/16 ~ I'm sitting here with a smile on my face. After a four month break, this morning I started transcribing my journal entries again. I've been curious. Hmm... I wonder what is in my last one and one half journals that covers Philippians–Revelations.
So, on my very first day, the second post I come to is another untitled journal entry. We now understand my untitled journal entries were actually progressive steps in the New Beginning. The interesting thing is last night another "in your face" moment happened. But this time, my spirit responded in a totally different way than it did in 2013. This time there was no angst and no feelings that life was unfair. Instead, there was an immediate response of—"God's got this. He is in control." Immediate.
Oh, how we have grown in our faith and understanding over the years. We trust Him—period. I'm just amazed that an "in your face" moment happened late last night and this morning I am transcribing what I wrote about that very subject over three years ago. I'm so thankful we have grown in our faith and understanding.
The other things that stood out to me today were the statements:
LORD – What Am I to Do?;
The LORD Answers!;
I Didn't Know—BUT GOD DID!!
In my simple mind, I thought telling His story meant a pamphlet of some sort or a couple paragraph story in something like Guideposts. NEVER did I imagine (or could have imagined even in my wildest dreams) that God planned to use my personal journals to tell HIS story. NEVER. I don't know how "clearly" it has been written, but our story is HIS story.
LORD, take my simple words to bring honor and glory to YOUR name. May others be encouraged by YOUR faithfulness. LORD, if someone reading this does not yet know you as their own personal Savior, I pray your Holy Spirit would draw them to you and they would be willing to confess their sins and acknowledge you as Savior. LORD, I pray they would understand the importance of surrendering ALL and they would be willing to do so. Thank you, LORD, for this opportunity. Thank you, LORD, for allowing us to be YOUR recipients of this Blessed Event. We are forever grateful for YOUR amazing love.
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I am just totally amazed and stand in awe of God.
Last night an "in your face" moment happened. Nothing hugely upsetting, just something "in your face" that made us feel like life just wasn't quite fair. Sometime during the night I awakened and was thinking about how some things in life just don't seem fair, and immediately a response in the form of a question and a directive came to my mind and was pressed upon my spirit.
"Are you going to listen to truth or believe the lie? Read the chapter in Psalms. And read Habakkuk too."My immediate response was—Okay, LORD—and I peacefully went back to sleep. I couldn't have told you the number of the chapter in Psalms, but I KNEW what chapter it was. I knew the chapter was on the left hand side of the page in my Bible. I knew where the chapter started on the page. I knew I had written a note beside it.
When I got up this morning, I picked up my Bible, sat down, turned on the light, and started by reading Habakkuk. I then turned to the Psalms and started leafing through the pages. There it was on the page, exactly as I pictured it. Psalm 73.
In Habakkuk, the prophet is complaining about how life was unfair. God replies—I know what is going on, I will rise up, justice will be done. Habakkuk complains again. He complains that he even feels used by God. God replies—I am God, I can do what I want. Habakkuk says—Okay, God, I get it. You are in control, I am not. I trust you and I will wait for your justice. Even if everything goes wrong and there are no figs on the tree, no olives in the field, no grapes on the vine, and no sheep or cattle in the barns even then,even then I will praise the Lord, for He is the one who is my Savior and who gives me strength.
In Psalm 73, David is complaining about the same thing. He knew what the truth was but he had become discouraged and almost believed the lie. Accountability for the wicked just didn't seem to happen. Not until he went to God did David understand. God is God; HE is in control; I am not; and David became okay with that. Justice will happen when the Lord decides to rise up. And David says—Okay, God—I get it. I surrender to YOU, I want nothing but YOU. I may become weak but YOU are my strength, YOU are my protection—and that is enough.
I choose to believe the truth and not listen to the lies. Thank you, God for the reminder. I "get it." I will wait for your justice and freedom from "the storm."
In Habakkuk God tells him to write down what God was showing him. Habakkuk 2:2 - "Write it clearly on clay tablets so whoever reads it can run to tell others." In Psalm 73:28 David says, "I will tell all that you have done."
- God has promised
- He will deal with the wicked
- He is in control
- Write it down
Addendum: 9/19/16 ~ I'm sitting here with a smile on my face. After a four month break, this morning I started transcribing my journal entries again. I've been curious. Hmm... I wonder what is in my last one and one half journals that covers Philippians–Revelations.
So, on my very first day, the second post I come to is another untitled journal entry. We now understand my untitled journal entries were actually progressive steps in the New Beginning. The interesting thing is last night another "in your face" moment happened. But this time, my spirit responded in a totally different way than it did in 2013. This time there was no angst and no feelings that life was unfair. Instead, there was an immediate response of—"God's got this. He is in control." Immediate.
Oh, how we have grown in our faith and understanding over the years. We trust Him—period. I'm just amazed that an "in your face" moment happened late last night and this morning I am transcribing what I wrote about that very subject over three years ago. I'm so thankful we have grown in our faith and understanding.
The other things that stood out to me today were the statements:
"Write it clearly on clay tablets so whoever reads it can run to tell others"; and "I will tell all that you have done."In 2013, I had no idea my personal journals were anything more than that—personal. But then this happened:
LORD – What Am I to Do?;
The LORD Answers!;
I Didn't Know—BUT GOD DID!!
In my simple mind, I thought telling His story meant a pamphlet of some sort or a couple paragraph story in something like Guideposts. NEVER did I imagine (or could have imagined even in my wildest dreams) that God planned to use my personal journals to tell HIS story. NEVER. I don't know how "clearly" it has been written, but our story is HIS story.
LORD, take my simple words to bring honor and glory to YOUR name. May others be encouraged by YOUR faithfulness. LORD, if someone reading this does not yet know you as their own personal Savior, I pray your Holy Spirit would draw them to you and they would be willing to confess their sins and acknowledge you as Savior. LORD, I pray they would understand the importance of surrendering ALL and they would be willing to do so. Thank you, LORD, for this opportunity. Thank you, LORD, for allowing us to be YOUR recipients of this Blessed Event. We are forever grateful for YOUR amazing love.
Next Entry: Philippians 1:1 – 2:30 (Continued)
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