I was taking my girls to school this morning and Stronger by Mandisa came on KSBJ.
Here is the first verse:
Hey, heard you were up all night
Thinking about how your world ain’t right
And you wonder if things will ever get better
And you’re asking why is it always raining on you
When all you want is just a little good news
Instead of standing there stuck out in the weather
As I heard these words on the radio driving down the road, I began to cry. You see I have been waiting for a phone call about a call to a new congregation, and it did not come but an email did. Saying that the congregation was moving forward. I saw this email at just before 4:00 am my time and I could not go back to sleep after reading it. I thought this congregation was the one, and I had stayed up almost all night last Thursday into Friday waiting for that call because the committee met last Thursday. I wanted this to be the one, yet not my will but Yours be done oh Lord. (that is much easier to say or type than it is to live!)
So today I sat down and read the readings for the day. James 3:17-18, Isaiah 32:9-20 and Psalm 80. All I can think about is what is happening in my life and these first 2 verses are not speaking to me. But there is the repeated verse in Psalm 80 “Restore us, O God of hosts; let your face shine, that we may be saved.”
And I thought about the song Stronger:
Oh, don’t hang your head
It’s gonna end
God’s right there
Even if it’s hard to see Him
I promise you that He still caresWhen the waves are taking you under
Hold on just a little bit longer
He knows that this is gonna make you stronger, stronger
The pain ain’t gonna last forever
And things can only get better
Believe me
This is gonna make you stronger
Gonna make you stronger, stronger, stronger
Believe me, this is gonna make you …
God is the one who is in control of everything, and He has the master schedule. It is not about us. Psalm 80 says “But let your hand be upon the one at your right hand, the one whom you made strong for yourself.” God allow your hand be upon Jesus the one at your right hand, and through Him we will all be blessed. And everything you are going through can be used by God to make you stronger and pull you closer to Him.
It is all about God’s timing and not ours and our ways are not His ways, and He has the best plan for us. So even in the disappointments, know that God will always have the last word, and that He is always with us and watching us, Walking with us through the dark night of the soul. He is your presence and peace. Allow Him to be your shelter and rest.
Restore us, O God of hosts; let your face shine, that we may be saved.
aSacredRebel 