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When God Doesn’t do what you Want

12 Thursday May 2016

Posted by Melissa G in Encouragement

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I’ve said for some time now that there is a certain crisis of faith that comes to every human when deciding whether they believe God can do what He says He can do. Can He really save me? Can He really heal? Can He really drop manna from the sky? And then, there is the crisis of faith that comes when you know without a doubt that God can move mountains, but He’s just not doing it for you. I mean, what is more frustrating than knowing that someone, anyone, can help, they’re just choosing not to? When that happens, a whole new crisis of faith occurs. Your mountain is looming large and you know your God can move it, but He’s choosing not to and you are left floundering with questions. Is my God really good? Can my God really be trusted? Does He really have a plan for my good? Do I really matter to Him?

I’m not going to pretend to know all the answers to why God is allowing certain things in your life. I’m not even going to pretend to know why He is allowing certain things in my life. I’m not going to pretend to have the answers as to why God would allow children to have cancer, rapists to go free, or even why food can’t be put on every table this week? But, I can tell you (and me) what to focus on when God doesn’t do what we want Him to do.

Let me start by assuring you that you do indeed have a good God. You have a God who does choose to move mountains for you. You have a God who wants you to look like Him and act like Him and love Him as He loves you. You have a never failing, never ceasing, never forsaking God who has a detailed plan for you since before the first molecule was on this earth. Know that because it’s true.

Lamentations 3:17-26 says, “My soul has been deprived of peace; I have forgotten what happiness is. Then I thought: My future is lost, as well as my hope from the LORD. Remember my affliction and my homelessness, the wormwood and the poison. I continually remember them and have become depressed. Yet I call this to mind, and therefore I have hope: Because of the LORD’s faithful love we do not perish, for His mercies never end. They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness! I say: The LORD is my portion, therefore I will put my hope in Him. The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, to the person who seeks Him. It is good to wait quietly for deliverance from the LORD.” Verses 31-33 go on to say, “For the Lord will not reject us forever. Even if He causes suffering, He will show compassion according to His abundant, faithful love. For He does not enjoy bringing affliction or suffering on mankind.”

This passage is so great. We get to see the struggle that Jeremiah had with what was happening all around him and to him. He couldn’t understand it and he became depressed. He even admits in this passage that he lost his hope in the Lord. Then, he decided to remember who His God is. He decided to think about God’s faithfulness, His love and His mercies. He decided that The Lord was his portion for this life and his hope. He decided to rest in God knowing that His God would come through. God’s deliverance obviously wouldn’t look like Jeremiah thought it would. It obviously wouldn’t come at the time that Jeremiah thought that it should, but Jeremiah decided to look up, remember His God and trust. That’s the kind of faith I want, don’t you?

First John 1:5 tells us, “Now this is the message we have heard from Him and declare to you: God is light, and there is absolutely no darkness in Him.” You can trust that. Our God has no ulterior motives. He has no dark side. He is good. He is holy. He is true and He. Is. In. Love. With. You.

Song of Solomon 7:10 says, “I am my beloved’s, and his desire is toward me.” God’s desire is toward you. God wants to be with you. He wants to be so melded with you that all people see is Him being uniquely displayed through your personality, your giftings and your sweet face. He has fashioned you for such a time as this and will not stop pursuing you until every fiber of your being is His. He is obsessed with you. Hebrews 13:5 says He will never leave us and Zephaniah 3:17 says He sings over us.  That is not a God who fails. That is a God who loves. Believe that today. Know it with every fiber of your being. If you have to be like the father in Mark 9:24 who said, “I do believe!” and then, quickly added, “Help my unbelief,” so be it, but keep pressing in to your God. He can be trusted. He will come through. He will strengthen you for the task and He is worthy of every fragment of faith you place in Him. He has you, precious one. He has you. Rest in that today.

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Remembering the Lord

07 Friday Aug 2015

Posted by Melissa G in Encouragement

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I just need to be reminded a few things today and I thought I would take you along on the journey.

First off, I need to be reminded that God is my Shield! Psalm 3:3 says, “But Thou, O LORD, art a shield about me, my glory, and the One who lifts my head.” I know from this verse that nothing can get passed my God without His allowing it. I also know that He is my constant source of protection and while His shield is about me, He reaches down and lifts my chin up so I can focus on Him.

Secondly, I need to remember that God is my Refuge! Psalm 62:8 says, “Trust in Him at all times, O people; Pour out your heart before Him; God is a refuge for us.” He is my safe place. I can say anything to Him. He gets it. Psalm 91:2 says, “I will say to the LORD, ‘My refuge and my fortress, My God, in whom I trust!’”

I’m also reminding myself today that God is my Strength! Isaiah 12:2 says, “Behold, God is my salvation, I will trust and not be afraid; For the LORD GOD is my strength and song, and He has become my salvation.” If God is my strength, how can I possibly think of myself as weak? When the God of the universe is my muscle, well, all I can say is, “Wow.”

Fourth, God is my Deliverer! David says in Psalm 18:2, “The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge; my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.” My God will deliver me! The deliverance might come in unexpected ways and it may not look like I want it to. It might not even be the time I think it should be, but my God is my Great Deliverer!

Another thing that I need to be reminded of is that God is here with me! Psalm 46:1 says, “God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.” I need not worry over anything if the God of the universe is present in my situation and this verse assures me that He is. He is here. He is always with me.  Hebrews 13:5 assures us of this as well. It says, “…He Himself has said, ‘I will never desert you, nor will I ever forsake you.”

Sixth, God is faithful! Deuteronomy 7:9 says, “Know therefore that the LORD your God, He is God, the faithful God, who keeps His covenant and His lovingkindness to a thousandth generation with those who love Him and keep His commandments.” I need not be concerned with whether God remembers His promises to me. He is faithful. He remembers and He will do what He has promised on my behalf.

Seventh, God is my help! Psalm 121:1-3 says, “I will lift up my eyes to the mountains; from whence shall my help come? My help comes from the LORD, who made heaven and earth. He will not allow your foot to slip; He who keeps you will not slumber.” I need not look to my husband, my sister, my best friend, my children, or my own mind to figure things out, my God is here and He has it handled.

Another great reminder is found in Second Chronicles 20:15. It says, “… ‘Do not fear or be dismayed because of this great multitude, for the battle is not yours but God’s.” Verse seventeen of this same chapter says, “You need not fight this battle; station yourselves, stand and see the salvation of the LORD on your behalf…” So, not only is God with me, not only is He shielding me, He is also fighting my battles for me. He wants me to see His salvation and the only way I can do that is by getting out of His way. I need to stand where He tells me to stand and let Him do His thing. He’s got it and just in case you are wondering…He wins. Every. Single. Time. My reminder for the day? God fights my battles!

Psalm 16:8 says, “I have set the LORD continually before me; because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.” That’s what I am choosing to do today. Through the power of the Holy Spirit, I will set the Lord continually before me. I tried this yesterday and it ended in epic failure, but His mercies are new every morning (Lamentations 3:22-23) and I’m giving it another go because He is worth it. I’m going to print these verses and stick them on my forehead if need be because my God can be trusted and He says He’s got this. I’m believing Him for that.

I just needed these reminders as encouragement today and I pray that they helped you in some way as well. Isaiah 35:3 and 4 tells us to, “Encourage the exhausted, and strengthen the feeble. Say to those with anxious heart, ‘Take courage and fear not. Behold, your God will come…” So, if you know someone who needs these reminders, please pass it along. Oftentimes, we know these things in our heads, but God has to drive them deep in our hearts and we need brothers and sisters in Christ who are ready and willing to encourage us in that journey. Remember each other, but above all remember that God is your shield, your refuge, your strength, your Deliverer, your help; He will fight your battles. He is here and He is faithful…always.

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