Sometimes
you can look at where God has brought you, in your life, and find yourself
asking, “What has He been preparing me for ?” I still get excited anytime I hear the very mention
of the word “Africa” . . . Nearly all of my childhood and youth, and even the
majority of my college years, I researched, wrote about, made bulletin boards
of, and prayed for AFRICA! It was very
much my heartbeat! But then I met a
young man who became my heartbeat. His
burden was for a country in an entirely different part of the world – Central Asia. I fell completely in love with Brandon, knew
he was the right one for me, and tried to take his burden as my own . . . But
to this day, I often wonder and ponder in my heart, “If we’re meant to go to
Central Asia, then why did God give me such a love for Africa?! Why did He let
me stay on that path for so long? Why
does it make me want to cry whenever I think of going anywhere else?” I do not know the answers to these questions,
but I know that God does! What a LOVING
and CARING God He is! He won’t leave me
in the dark! He WILL show me His perfect
plan, in HIS perfect timing!
Psalm 143:10 says, “Teach me to do thy
will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is good . . .” How good our God truly is! I recently came across a passage in Nehemiah,
which talks about all that God did for the children of Israel, those 40 years
in the desert. “Yet thou in thy manifold
mercies forsookest them not in the wilderness: the pillar of the cloud departed
not from them by day, to lead them in the way; neither the pillar of fire by
night, to shew them light, and the way wherein they should go. Thou gavest also
thy good spirit to instruct them, and withheldest not thy manna from their
mouth, and gavest them water for their thirst.
Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness, so that they
lacked nothing; their clothes waxed not old, and their feet swelled not.” (Nehemiah
9:19-21) Do you know what happened as
they waited to reach that land that God had promised them? He provided for their every need! He took
care of them! He made sure that their FEET DIDN’T EVEN SWELL! Does God care for MY needs and lovingly lead
ME, when I do not know the way? Yes, He does!
In Isaiah chapter 42, our Heavenly Father
promises us, “And I will bring the blind by a way which they knew not; I will
lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before
them, and crooked things straight. These
things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.” There are times when we do
not understand what God is doing, but God is WITH US in the dark, unknowing
times! He is right there to make
everything light and everything straight! Daniel 2:22 “He revealeth the deep
and secret things: he knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth
with him.”
The Psalmist David prayed during a time of
uncertainty, “Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee
do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk, for I lift up my
soul unto thee.” (Psalm 143:8) We ALL have periods in our lives where we feel
very much “in the dark”. But, Praise the
Lord! In John 12:46, Jesus said, “I am come a light into the world, that
whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.” Jesus Christ not only gives us light, He IS
the Light! He not only shows us the way,
He IS the way! He is the Resurrected Savior! John 14:6 “Jesus saith unto him, I
am the way, the truth, and the life; no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.”
As I think of that verse, I can hear the words of a precious hymn, in my mind .
. . “ ‘ Tis so sweet to trust in Jesus, Just to take Him at His word; Just to
rest upon His promise; Just to know, Thus saith the Lord. . .” You can trust
Him! He IS the Way, the Truth, and the
Life! You can trust Him for salvation!
You can trust Him through the dark times! You can trust Him to always show you
the way!
Happy Resurrection Sunday,
Ladies! God Bless!
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