Peace in a world of turmoil.....
God has prompted me many times
to put my thoughts into words and share them with the world.
I haven't.
For that I am ashamed...Someone needs these thoughts into words so they too
can find peace. And yet I have failed to put them down...
So here goes.....
March 2020....
Life as we know it changed with a whirlwind of chaos.
TP...Gone, Normal...Gone, Church...taken away, Gathering with a room full...gone.
Everyone in a panic over a virus we couldn't see.
Masks on, sanitizer being put on, distance being kept, people staying home.
Worry and confusion, panic and stress.
For what purpose?
God didn't create us to worry or panic. He created us to trust, to have faith, to seek Him.
He created us to help others, to show love, to share Him, to worship Him, to seek his face.
He wants us to be at peace in Him.
But where did our peace go back in march when the world freaked out and panic fell upon us?
Our peace was still there, HE is our Peace. But we forgot to turn to Him during our panic.
Then while we all had to stay home away from other believers satan took a tighter grip and ran with what he thought was our peace.
But even he shudders... James 2:19(look it up)
During the COVID mess this past year, God has shown me how much we need His peace.
How much we need to seek Him for the peace we desperately need in our hearts and minds.
When we stopped going to church is when we needed that fellowship most. When we needed each others encouragement to fall on our face and Seek God with a new desire like never before.
God gave me peace. He showed me that leaning into him was more important than listening to the panic of the world. He showed me that now is the time to share with anyone and everyone that HE is and always has been on the throne. And He will take care of us regardless of what this world tosses at us. He wants us to seek him for our salvation. Not to place our country's "salvation" on a man. But rather Our personal salvation in Him, who came as a baby, lived among us and died to save us. So one day when he returns for us we can be caught up to meet him. 1 Thessalonians 4:17(look it up)
He wants us to find everything we need in him because he wants to provide for every need we have. We all have a NEED for Him. Even if we think we don't, we desperately do.
Now in light of political things happening in our country we have an even bigger need for Gods direction, Guidance, Peace, Hope, and Love.
It doesn't matter what happens the next 4 years. God is and always will be in control. He is bigger than anything political leaders can do to us.
When I think of this time in our lives, I always wonder.... how did the Jews feel when they were taken away to concentration camps? What kept some of them going? What made those that survived stay focused when they lost loved ones?
I have read many stories that survivors have written and so many point to their salvation. That God is what sustained them. If they being brutally murdered, starving, over worked, un-bathed, and a long list of other things can walk away from that horrific time to tell us that they lived knowing that God was their Savior. Then what makes us think that God isn't here during our time that as of this point is not like what the Jews suffered. God is HERE! He desires a close relationship with us. But in our panic we forget to draw close to him. We forget to read our bibles and seek His peace which we ultimately need.
When was the last time you took time to seek God? To ask him for a peace that passeth all understanding. Philippians 4:7(look it up) He wants our hearts and minds focused on Him. Seeking his peace and his comfort. Trusting Him with our lives, our family, our country... everything!
I am not a preacher. I am not a teacher. And I am not preaching here...
But rather sharing what has been on my heart and mind for almost a year. That God has been diligently prompting me to share, and in my human nature I stalled.
I may post more at another point. But for now, this is what needed to be put out there.
May God bless you!
VH