A new view
I'm so over this!
John 16:32-33
“A time is coming and in fact has come when you will be scattered, each to your own home. You will leave me all alone. Yet I am not alone, for my Father is with me. “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”
As I begin this blog, I want to express that in this season of stressful challenges, Jesus has given us his encouragment for them.
He tells of what he was experiencing and what was to come as we read through the verses above.
Have you ever said.... I'm so over this? maybe it is a circumstance that continues to happen over and over or a trial that just won't come to an end.
These verses in John can bring you a new perspective as a Christ-one on how to face each challenge.
I remember in 2020 when Covid first came on the scene, I saw the letters C O V I D from a new perspective.
At the time there was a chalkboard in the lobby where I work and I wrote this message on it.
Christ
Over
Virus
In
Deed
This was to be an encouragement with a new perspective on the challenges at hand. We could walk it out in a Full Confidence of Christ as the overcomer in everything. Did we have a "head in the sky" casualness, No! We experienced loss, hardship and great suffering, but with these was “Peace” in knowing that Christ knew all that would be needed for every step. We could trust Him with all of it.
We don't know what each day may bring, but we can know that Jesus made THIS day and no matter what, we can choose to see it from under... or over.
This is a devotional that I think will bring you hope and joy in the midst of your storms that want to take you under.
SIMPLE TRUST
Trust in the Lord with all your heart,
and lean not on your own understanding.
Proverbs 3:5
There will always be secrets and motives of God that lie beyond our grasp. God knows everything; we do not. Only in Heaven will we understand God's ways more fully. As Paul Said, "Now I know in part, but then I shall know just as I also am known. (I Corinthians 13:12)
But based upon what we do know about God's character, demonstrated supremely in the Cross, we can trust that God is doing what is best for us. God says in His Word, "I know the plans I have for you... plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you a hope and a future" (Jeremiah 29:11 NIV).
As Corrie ten Boom once explained, "Picture a peice of embroidery placed between you and God, with the right side up toward God. Man sees the loose, frayed ends; but God sees the pattern."
God is in control. Whatever comes into our lives, we can confindently say, "We know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose" (Romans 8:28).
Billy Graham
We all face things we can't understand, but for those of us in Christ, we can look down on "the things" with a completely full overcoming view and perspective.
For a deeper understanding of this, please reach out and let's discuss how you can have this assurance.
Love In Him,
Dayna
If you are not familiar with Corrie ten Boom, I would highly encourage you to read her story. We really have no excuses when we see what she walked through. Christ was her anchor in each storm. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corrie_ten_Boom