Utterly Amazed
Do you ever have those moments where you are just overwhelmed by joy and this pervading feeling that you are exactly where you are supposed to be? Lately I have been having glimpses of how the Lord is blessing me with His favor and provision. It makes me think of Habakkuk 1:5, which says,
The more I grow and mature in my faith, the more I have grown to value God's unwavering acceptance of me and willingness to meet me where I am. In my journey I have felt such a pressure to approach God and others as I feel like I "should" be rather than how I actually am. I am finally coming to a place where I have the confidence to come before the Lord in surrender exactly how I am, with faith that the cross is bigger than my doubts and strong enough to save me. And the best part is that God doesn't just tolerate me or feel disappointment with me - He rejoices in me and calls me His beloved daughter. He calls each of us His beloved children, with whom He is well pleased.
Another aspect of the verse from Habakkuk that stands out to me is that God recognizes that I don't necessarily believe or trust in what I am told. Not because I don't want to, but because it is beyond my capacity or ability to comprehend. God's plans for me are "too good to be true" from my current vantage point. This is absolutely ringing true for me this school year. If you had told me going in to this semester that things would play out as they have so far, I probably wouldn't have believed you. Little did I know of what God had in store for me.
The Lord is flooding my heart with His love and grace and restoring me. He is breathing life back into places that had become so dry and empty, and filling me up to the point of overflowing. I am grateful for how He is drawing me in close to Him and teaching me who He is, not from an intellectual or legalistic stand-point, but through abiding in and experiencing Him. The community I am surrounded with is helping to teach me the type of relationships we are called to seek. They challenge me, accept me, love me, ask me the hard questions, rejoice with me, pray with me, study with me, wrestle through doubts with me, and ultimately increase my understanding of who God is.
I am so grateful for how God is pouring out His grace on me and covering me with His love. Through friendships, He is teaching me how to trust in Him more fully and freely. I cannot wait to watch and to continue to be utterly amazed at the Lord's faithfulness to fulfill His promises and to restore us with Himself.
"Look at the nations and watch - and be utterly amazed. For I am going to do something in your days that you would not believe, even if you were told."This verse rings true in many ways for me. For one, God is doing something in creation that is beyond my wildest imaginations. His grace for me, and for all of His children, is so abundant even though I am unable to fully understand it. My doubts have no bearing on His character, and they do nothing to subtract from His worth and value. That is an absolutely precious truth and what makes following Christ such an adventure. My perception of who God is is always changing and growing deeper, and this frees me to trust Him more fully.
The more I grow and mature in my faith, the more I have grown to value God's unwavering acceptance of me and willingness to meet me where I am. In my journey I have felt such a pressure to approach God and others as I feel like I "should" be rather than how I actually am. I am finally coming to a place where I have the confidence to come before the Lord in surrender exactly how I am, with faith that the cross is bigger than my doubts and strong enough to save me. And the best part is that God doesn't just tolerate me or feel disappointment with me - He rejoices in me and calls me His beloved daughter. He calls each of us His beloved children, with whom He is well pleased.
Another aspect of the verse from Habakkuk that stands out to me is that God recognizes that I don't necessarily believe or trust in what I am told. Not because I don't want to, but because it is beyond my capacity or ability to comprehend. God's plans for me are "too good to be true" from my current vantage point. This is absolutely ringing true for me this school year. If you had told me going in to this semester that things would play out as they have so far, I probably wouldn't have believed you. Little did I know of what God had in store for me.
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The Lord is flooding my heart with His love and grace and restoring me. He is breathing life back into places that had become so dry and empty, and filling me up to the point of overflowing. I am grateful for how He is drawing me in close to Him and teaching me who He is, not from an intellectual or legalistic stand-point, but through abiding in and experiencing Him. The community I am surrounded with is helping to teach me the type of relationships we are called to seek. They challenge me, accept me, love me, ask me the hard questions, rejoice with me, pray with me, study with me, wrestle through doubts with me, and ultimately increase my understanding of who God is.
I am so grateful for how God is pouring out His grace on me and covering me with His love. Through friendships, He is teaching me how to trust in Him more fully and freely. I cannot wait to watch and to continue to be utterly amazed at the Lord's faithfulness to fulfill His promises and to restore us with Himself.
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