The other day I was driving nowhere in particular and for no
specific reason I just had this almost overwhelming feeling of how much I
absolutely love life. It was so intense that it caught me off guard to be
perfectly honest. Don’t get me wrong, I’m a pretty positive person most of the
time but I’m certainly not one of those eternal optimists. You know the ones
with a perpetual smile plastered on their face right? There are lots of great
things in my life but there are also just as many challenges. But this was
bigger than all the bad stuff. And somehow at the same time it was bigger than all
the good stuff.
It was grace.
It was a revelation of God’s undeserved favor.
In a moment I felt like the Holy Spirit gave me a glimpse of
just how good God REALLY is, just how much He REALLY loves me (us) just how
incredible my (our) future REALLY will be! Like you I encounter the ups and
downs of this life with all the accompanying emotions involved. But the longer
I walk with God the more I realize that those things aren’t what really matter.
“I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to
have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation,
whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. I
can do all this through him who gives me strength.” - Philippians 4:12-13 NIV
I want you to know that I have prayed and asked God to give
every person reading this their own God moment. I think I have a new
appreciation for what the Apostle Paul felt.
“And I pray that you, being rooted and established in
love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to
grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and
to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the
measure of all the fullness of God.” - Ephesians 3:17b-19 NIV
So don’t be surprised when God shows up and peels back the curtain
to give you a glimpse of His grace. As a matter of fact I would encourage you
to expect it!
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