Day 13: It is All Good
Oh WE KNOW for sure
that GOD WILL
because GOD'S WILL is always working for our GOOD
even if HE seems like HE is sleeping on the job.
And all HE asks is for us to LOVE HIM.
Sounds quite simple,
but how do you LOVE someone
who you have to BELIEVE in
that you haven't seen?
Now that is FAITH.
A FAITH that takes you beyond yourself
because you just have to get out of your own way
and just do it.
"Now faith is the assurance (title deed, confirmation) of things hoped for (divinely guaranteed), and the evidence of things not seen [the conviction of their reality—faith comprehends as fact what cannot be experienced by the physical senses]" (Hebrews 11:1).
For FAITH breeds TRUST,
a TRUST in someone or something
for where you are placing your FAITH.
Hmm.
How would you feel if you had a friend
who never changes.
Who is always reliable.
Who always tells you that you are loved
and then
PROMISES
that all things will work out for GOOD,
even if the "thing" that is happening or hasn't happened yet
does not appear to be so GOOD.
It takes a step of FAITH.
As FAITH TRUSTS beyond what is seen
to the one who can be
TRUSTED with your whole heart
because
TRUSTING does not lean on your understanding~
on what you can see or feel.
As TRUST takes you beyond yourself
to a place of surrender
to the one
who can be TRUSTED
just because HE said HE can be TRUSTED.
And then it really happens
as GOOD begins to happen,
the GOOD that HE PROMISED would happen,
as it comes wrapped up as a beautiful gift
that you want to last forever because it is
THE PEACE that transcends all understanding
because
GOD ALWAYS DELIVERS ON HIS PROMISE~
“YOU will keep in perfect and constant peace
the one whose mind is steadfast [that is, committed and focused on YOU—
in both [inclination and character],
Because he trusts and takes refuge in YOU [with hope and confident expectation]" (Isaiah 26:3).
And oh nothing is better than experiencing
HIS PEACE in all things
no matter what your all things are.
Yesterday we gathered together
and were wrapped in GOD'S PROMISE
of HIS GOOD WILL
and that my friend was a supernatural experience,
for where GOD worked for GOOD
the time we had together
because
when you accept the invitation to be with
GOD,
GOOD fills the room
as it penetrates your heart
so that you will never be the same.
And all it takes
is our KNOWING~
"And we know [with great confidence] that GOD [who is deeply concerned about us] causes all things to work together [as a plan] for good for those who love GOD, to those who are called according to HIS plan and purpose" (Romans 8:28)
KNOWING that when GOD says HE WILL,
HE WILL,
because HE IS
"THE PROMISE KEEPER" (listen to the song below)