... chill... He got this... ( you )

great sermon yesterday by a man on fire for God..
the preacher, a man who is going to be planting a new Harvest Bible Chapel in Grenada sometime this year..
having gone through trouble in his life, like we all have or still are or soon will, He chose to preach about a beautiful verse in a beautiful Psalm..

Be still, and know that I am God.

    I will be exalted among the nations,

    I will be exalted in the earth!

Psalm 46:10

his points, be "still" -> calm, relax, because God is good, let go, let Him take care of it.

recognize that God IS good.. we only can when we know Him..

and we can.. know Him that is.. He has revealed Himself in His Word and He Himself, the Holy Spirit lives in us.. 

so we can know Him.. and therefore be able to trust Him..

lastly, he challenged us to rejoice.. when trouble comes..because God is more than able to deal with the trouble and His purposes are always for us.. worship Him, because He deserves it..

it takes our eyes of the trouble and makes us look to God, lifting His name on high makes us acknowledge who He is, the Ruler of all, the Sovereign God of the Universe and our Father, who means so well for us..

leaving very encouraged I still couldn't quite shake another thought I had..

sometimes what we are hoping for, -when we are leaving it up to God and live life as obediently as we can, by His strength, worshipping Him and trusting Him, -still does not turn out the way we want it to..

sometimes the hope in God changing the circumstances is lost forever.

sometimes someone dies.. sometimes someone walks away for good.. that's when we realize that our hope is not only in this amazing, most powerful God changing our circumstances ( which He does sometimes )  but it is in Him.. in Who He is.. in our relationship with Him and how much He loves us..

that, like His Word promises, He works ALL things for the good of those that love Him.. 

that have been chosen according to HIS purpose.. ( it just might look very different from what we are expecting )

reading an old blog post of mine this is what I found:

When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze.

Isaiah 43:2

what a fabulously mighty God we serve.. His will cannot be thwarted, He is the One who put the stars into place, He is the Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the End....

In all their distress he too was distressed, and the angel of his presence saved them. In his love and mercy he redeemed them; he lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.

Isaiah 63:9

He is both, the Almighty God, and the caring Abba Father... my Daddy... when I feel sorry for myself in all this turmoil He gently holds me close and tells me He understands...  He dries my tears and fills my heart with HOPE...

we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope.  And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.

Romans 5:3-5

profound truth we can stand on.. something that like our Lord will never change. it was true then and it is true now.. and tomorrow.. and every day..

in the end it is all about Him, and the fact that we are invited to have an intimate relationship with Him... He will always be right there with us, He will change some things and allow others.. He will calm some storms and give us peace and strength to be calm throughout some other storms...

ultimately He will take us safely to His heavenly Kingdom and that no one can ever take away from us ...

Thankful!