Tonight at small group I am being encouraged to either share life verses that I cling to or what God has been showing me...so, I decided to combine the two and answer this question...What has God been showing me that I am learning and have attempted to cling to (hence the title of this post)? So here goes...
I would like to start off with a question... What comes to your mind when you think about God?
-A. W. Tozer states, "Whatever comes to your mind when you think about God is the most important thing about you." -
Now, I don't know about you, but I am overwhelmed by this statement. I feel that it can change daily...ask me that question when I just found out about my Mom being diagnosed with Breast Cancer or ask me that after I pass by boards for becoming an Associate Behavior Analyst and I will more than likely give you two different answers. Now, whether that is the right thing or not, I can't imagine many people (even though I believe we are called to) that can stand in any situation and Praise our God in every single circumstance. We are also called to find Joy in everything...whoa now..this is beyond difficult, but here is another question...What is your definition of Joy? Here is one that I have found ridiculously helpful over the past couple months...Joy is the deep down understanding that God is in control. (PERIOD) Now I'm liking what that says! So now on to the scripture that I have been so desperately trying to cling to.
First, this is a prayer of my heart that I would like to share. I pray that my daily life reflects Jesus with an undying love, in response to his dying love for me. That I learn to be a woman of worth and excellence, a woman who is priceless as Proverbs 31:10 says.
There are pretty much two categories that God has revealed to me in a mighty way, the first being Peace.
-Joshua 1:9 " Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go."
-Psalm 62:5-8 "For God alone, O my soul, wait in silence, for my hope is from him. He only is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall not be shaken. On God rests my salvation and my glory; my mighty rock, my refuge is God. "
-Psalm 73:23 "Nevertheless, I am continually with you; you hold my right hand"
-Psalm 147:3-14 "He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds. He determines the number of the stars; he gives to all of them their names. Great is our Lord, and abundant in power; his understanding is beyond measure. The Lord lifts up the humble; he casts the wicked to the ground. Sing to the Lord with thanksgiving; make melody to our God on the lyre! He covers the heavens with clouds; he prepares rain for the earth; he makes grass grow on the hills. He gives to the beasts their food, and to the young ravens that cry. His delight is not in the strength of the horse, nor his pleasure in the legs of a man, but the Lord takes pleasure in those who fear him, in those who hope in his steadfast love. "
-Isaiah 42:6-7 "I am the Lord; I have called you in righteousness; I will take you by the hand and keep you; I will give you as a covenant for the people, a light for the nations, to open the eyes that are blind, to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon, from the prison those who sit in darkness."
- My life verse, John 3:30 "He must increase and I must decrease"
And, the second...God's sovereignty
-Isaiah 41:17-20 "When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue is parched with thirst, I the Lord will answer them; I the God of Israel will not forsake them. I will open rivers on the bare heights, and fountains in the midst of the valleys. I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water. I will put in the wilderness the cedar, the acacia, the myrtle, and the olive. I will set in the desert the cypress, the plane and the pine together, that they may see and know, may consider and understand together, that the hand of the Lord has done this, the Holy One of Israel has created it."
And my prayer for all...Hebrews 12:14-15 "Strive for peace with everyone, and for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord. See to it that no one fails to obtain the grace of God; that no root of bitterness springs up and causes trouble, and by it many become defiled..."
