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A Glory Seed Devotional
When you go… When you go… When you walk…
There is no doubt in my mind that life is difficult in fact there are times when life takes us to the edge of impossibility. But as we teeter at the edge of impossibility if we quiet ourselves down we can hear a voice calling to us, it’s not a loud voice nor is it a faint voice yet it is a voice that echoes deep in our heart encouraging us with words of promise. “…Do not be afraid, for I have ransomed you. I have called you by name; you are mine. When you go through deep waters, I will be with you. When you go through rivers of difficulty, you will not drown. When you walk through the fire of oppression, you will not be burned up; the flames will not consume you.” (Isaiah 43:1–2, NLT)
“When you go… I will be with you.”
“When you go… you will not drown.”
“When you walk… the flames will not consume you.”
I don’t know about you but personally I don’t want to find myself in deep waters, I don’t want to go through rivers of difficulty, I don’t want to walk through the fires of oppression. But guess what? I have, I am, and I will yet! There are times when things are not going well for me like most people one of the first questions I ask is, “Why me, doesn’t my relationship with Jesus mean he will bless me during times like this. Isn’t the Holy Spirit supposed to rescue me?”
I know it’s a dumb question and immediately I say a retraction but it lingers until either the Holy Spirit or my memory (probably both) remind me that God did not spare Jesus from going through deep waters, from going through rivers of difficulty, from walking through fires of oppression. Then a thought fires off in my heart both humbling me and encouraging me at the same time, “What makes you any different than Jesus?” It is then because the LORD is with me through deep waters, through raging rivers, through life’s fire storms that I will not drown or be consumed.
And the good news is what God is doing to and for me he also doing to and for you. Life may be difficult and challenging grounds for us but for God our Life is his “Blessing Grounds.”
Believe it! Experience it!
Grace and PEACE!
Gary
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“When you go through deep waters, I will be with you. When you go through rivers of difficulty, you will not drown. When you walk through the fire of oppression, you will not be burned up; the flames will not consume you.” (Isaiah 43:2, NLT)
“When you go through deep waters, I will be with you. When you go through rivers of difficulty, you will not drown. When you walk through the fire of oppression, you will not be burned up; the flames will not consume you.” (Isaiah 43:2, NLT)
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