Tag: Constant

Constant.

The wind and the waves still obey Him. He stills the storm to a whisper and hushes the waves of the sea. He determines the number of stars and calls them each by name. He breaks forth like the dawning of a new day, and the night doesn’t deter Him either. He stretched out the Heavens and still, made His Home within us.

Eternal dwellings, dwelling deep within.

Perhaps, this is what it means to say that Christ in us is the hope of glory. For The One who reigns in splendor higher than the highest heavens was humble enough to descend from Eternity into time, and give us the gift of being able to experience Heaven within us. By virtue of who He is and entering into a relationship with Him, I feel deeply humbled and profoundly grateful at the thought that we don’t really have to wait until we make it Home, because The Home we seek dwells deep within.

He is near. He is within. He is above and beyond.

Omniscient, omnipresent, infinite; yet deeply personal.

In the vicissitudes of life, the truth that The Truth that sets me free is the same; yesterday, today and forevermore gives me immense comfort and strength. I realize that because HE is unchanging, I can rest. He was faithful through all my yesterdays bringing me into my today and has gone into all my tomorrows. He knows the end from the beginning, and has factored in everything required to ensure the fulfillment of my dreams and destiny. He is always working and arranging things behind the scenes so that when we see the manifestation of it all in the natural, it leaves us in even more astonishment, wonder and awe of the majesty of Our King.

Our King who reigns in glory and simultaneously is the glory within.

Because He is unchanging, therefore we can change and morph into all that He has created us to be so that we can do all that He has called us to do. For we know beyond a shadow of doubt that He will remain the same.

He will never leave us nor forsake us.

He will always be faithful to complete that which He has begun.

He will always make a way where there seems to be no way.

He will always remain true to us and to His promises over our lives.

He will shelter us, shape us and shepherd us through it all.

He will open doors no man can shut and shut doors no man can open.

He will counsel us and correct us.

He will prepare us for what He has prepared for us.

He will be an ever present help in times of trouble.

He will empower and equip us with all that we need to be fruitful in His desire for our lives.

He will go before and make all our crooked paths straight.

He will always love us.

Therefore, we can rest.

We can rest in Him just like a tree rests in the soil that made it. We can rest in Him and allow Him to grow our roots deep as we become sensitive to the still, small voice within. We can rest in Him till confusion gives way to clarity, and chaos turns to order. We can rest in Him till He becomes more real than the bedrock beneath our feet. We can rest in Him till we hear Him say, “You are My Beloved.”

He will never change His mind towards us and His heart is full.

And He never changes.

The world may change. The seasons may change. The times may change.

But He never will.

Enough to say,

“Who He is, is why we rest.”

Yesterday, today and forevermore.

Selah.

Constant One

“Our stories may be different, but Our God is the same.”

In our walk with Christ, it is easy to succumb to the temptation of comparing not just our lives, but also our testimonies. It is easy to see someone else’s prayer answered and miracle made manifest, and instead of rejoicing with them, fall prey to the lie of self pity. It is easy to get distracted by what is happening in the lives of others while God is calling us to focus on our own. It is easy to get carried away by the success of others while undermining our own. And if I may take it a step further? It is sometimes easier to believe for others as opposed to ourselves.

We know that God can do it. The question remains, “WILL He do it? And will He do it for me?”

I am here to tell you that the Promises of God in Christ Jesus are for whomsoever will. If He can do something for someone, He can very well do it for you. But this will also require us to examine our prayer life with the Truth contained in the following Bible verse,

“This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to His Will, He hears us.  And if we know that He hears us—whatever we ask—we know that we have what we asked of Him.”

The question is simple. Is our will in alignment with His?

Are we believing for dreams and desires fulfilled only so we can enjoy a greater degree of comfort and convenience, or have we dared to dig deeper? Have we dared to ask for blessings so that WE can be a blessing? Have we dared to ask for tools and strategies to innovate and create that which will extend the reach of His Kingdom on The Earth, impacting multitudes upon multitudes? Have we dared to exercise the discipline needed to ask for divine alignments for divine assignments? Have we dared to pray for resources and relationships that will accomplish The Will of God in our lifetime?

Have we?

I know I always haven’t, but am open to learning and growing. I have been guilty of thinking that because someone was raised a particular way, in a specific environment, had a Master’s Degree, a consistent job, got the right spouse at the right time and so on and so forth; that God was able to move mightily. But I received course correction.

It is not that circumstances were lined up a certain way that God was able to do it. God was able to line up the circumstances in a way that would enable Him to do it.

My aha moment, no doubt.

Friends, God is not so much interested in our circumstances as He is in the spiritual condition of our hearts. I believe this calls for a check. Are we operating in faith or unbelief? Circumstances can crumble and change in a heartbeat, but the reason we usually have to walk it out is because He is testing to see whether we have our basics right. Are we elevating facts over Truth, and circumstances over God? Are we ruminating obsessively over questions like, “But how God?,” as opposed to decreeing and declaring The Truth that what is impossible with man is possible with God, and with God, ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE.

I have come to realize that it is on purpose that God does a different work in each and every one of our lives, which is why it is futile to compare. We are all uniquely made and wired in a way that cannot be replicated ever again. THIS is why God will expose us to testimonies of miracles around us, not to shame us, but to provoke us to the possibility of what I like to call, “better.” However, our journey to “better” will require us to seek Him in our own unique, personal, one-on-one, intimate relationship with Him. Seeking Him will not give us a formula or a magic recipe to make things happen, because something more miraculous is ordained, which is a tethering of our soul to Our Savior over our lust for favorable circumstances. Herein is proven the veracity of God’s instruction to us,

“Seek ye first The Kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you.”

Suffice to say the more we seek Him, the more we find out who we truly are , a revelation of which can accurately shape our dreams and desires in accordance with His.

Rest assured that the outcome is in Trustworthy Hands.

So, the next time you see your friend receive a promotion at work, your co-worker get married or your neighbor’s child turn to God; rejoice with them and to thine own heart, simply say;

“Our stories maybe different, but Our God is the same.”