Isaiah 40:26-31 "Look up into the heavens, Who created all the stars? He brings them out like an army, one after another, calling each by its name. Because of his great power and incomparable strength, not a single one is missing. O Jacob, how can you say the Lord does not see your troubles? O Israel, how can you say God ignores your rights? Have you never heard? Have you never understood? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of all the earth. He never grows weak or weary. No one can measure the depths of his understanding. He gives power to the weak and strength to the powerless. Even youths will become tired and weak, and young men will fall in exhaustion. But those who trust in the Lord will find new strength. They will soar on wings like eagles. They will run and not grow weary. They will walk and not faint."
I feel like I have been running on empty the past few weeks. I decided to take a "vow of silence"... I think we all know that lasted about five minutes. But there were some nights I just turned off my phone, days where I turned off the music, and just sat in silence trying to figure out why I had been pushing people away.
Last Sunday night at church during worship, I saw myself at the brink of something. I feel as if I am right on the edge of God's promise, but the problem is for me I have been feeling that way for a while and somewhere along the way I lost my hope. I have heard God speak into my life, I've seen things He has been doing and the things He could do, but this waiting game has caused me to lose hope.
The waiting season is brutal. You know what God has promised to do in your life and you pray day and night over this promise yet it still just seems like we are all on the brink of it.
Hebrews 10:32-39 "Think back on those early days when you first learned about Christ. Remember how you remained faithful even though it meant terrible suffering. Sometimes you were exposed to public ridicule and were beaten, and sometimes you helped others who were suffering the same things. You suffered along with those who were thrown into jail, and when all you owned was taken from you, you accepted it with joy. You knew there were better things waiting for you that will last forever. So do not throw way this confident trust in the Lord. Remember the great reward it brings you! Patient endurance is what you need now, so that you will continue to do God's will. Then you will receive all that he has promised. 'For in just a little while, the Coming One will come and not delay. And my righteous ones will live by faith. But I will take no pleasure in anyone who turns away.' But we are not like those who turn away from Gd to their own destruction. We are the faithful ones, whose souls will be saved."
Do not throw away the confidence and faith you had when you first received that promise. Though the waiting season seems like a drought, that doesn't mean you can't dance in it like you dance in the rain.* (See blog I hope you dance)
Romans 12:12 "Rejoice in our confident hope. Be patient in trouble, and keep on praying."
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