Friday, February 28, 2014

Safe in His Prevailing Purpose

“There is no wisdom, no insight, no plan that can succeed against the LORD.”
-Proverbs 21:30


What am I relying on?

If I take an honest, hard look at my innermost self – the one who, when sleepless nights strike, is prone to dwell on the “what ifs” - where does my heart find it's strength, it's deep, down hope? Do I find comfort and security in conjured up plans of what I think my life should look like in order to maintain a certain level of happiness (“as long as we all stay healthy/have this home/educate our kids well/have this much money in the bank/are surrounded by friends and family...”)?

Or do I base my sense of assurance on the Rock, the Immovable One, my Faithful Father?


Because the sooner I come to realize that He is the One who is in control of all things and, more than that, the One for Whom all things exist (Rom. 11:36) – and not only that, but that He will work all things together for good, for those who love Him (Rom. 8:28) – the sooner I begin to let these truths permeate my spirit, sink down in to me, come to live within the fabric of my being...the sooner I will walk with a growing daily awareness that because I am in Christ (and we are promised that once we are His through faith, we will never be taken out of His hand – John 10:28), and because Christ is in control of all things, and because He is

the Good Shepherd, the True Light, Redeemer, Rock, Counselor,

Prince of Peace, the Almighty, full of grace and truth...

– because of these amazing realities, I am unshakably secure in Him. I can stop striving after the vain pursuit of trying to make my little life into “something” - in my own efforts, it will never be anything. But because I am united in Christ, my life has miraculously become a part of His Body, the beautiful tapestry of His presence being lived out in this world.

No matter where my life leads, I will always be safe in His arms.

Many are the plans in a person's heart, but it is the Lord's purpose that prevails.”

- Proverbs 19:21

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