REFLECTING ON GOD'S FAITHFULNESS

I wrote the following this past spring, but I didn’t share it because the “newest really big thing that He is doing through that ministry” was still not public information but I felt like the Lord was telling me to leave it in there. I just saved the it and went on to other stuff that I was doing. I found the post on my computer this morning and I teared up as I read it because I can see God’s faithfulness in how He has gone before us in the work of one of the ministries in the past few weeks. Truthfully, this new thing has been on the heart of one person involved in the ministry for almost 20 years. Now, God has brought it to fruition! This post wasn’t really about that ministry, but God used it to remind me of His incredible goodness. As I was reading it this morning, I thought about the song “Goodness of God.” The lyrics “All my life You have been faithful, all my life You have been so so good.” really resonated again this morning. He is faithful! We can trust in His goodness, His timing, and His plan to use us for His glory! So, for the rest of what these ministries have ahead of them, and for all that I am trusting the Lord in for myself, I will stand on Ephesians 3:20, He is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine according to His power that is at work within us.

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Trusting in God’s promises is hard. Just when I think I cannot make it much further, that the task ahead is too hard, that the situation is impossible, God reminds me of just how faithful He is. Every once in a while that reminder is an answer to the specific promise at the forefront of my mind and heart. Most often though, it is a reminder of His incredible love for me, and of the blessings in my life because of the situation I am in right now. Truthfully, I am most reminded of God’s faithfulness in the midst of the hard stuff. The times when I can barely hold on to His promises are the times that end in incredible revelation from Him. Often our times of waiting bring about new, different blessings that we could not have had if we hadn’t had to wait for the other things we were praying for. I am 35 and single. That is not at all the way I had planned that my life would be. I would love to get married and have a family. The Lord has given me some specific promises that make me hopeful that marriage and a family are in my future. I can hold on to those promises. I can also see that there are so many good gifts that the Lord has given me that would not have been possible if I were already married. The early years of my business would not have been possible had I been married, and certainly not if I had had children. The business allowed me to join a ministry that I absolutely love and where I can see the fruit of being obedient to God’s call. The business, along with relationships built in that new ministry, have brought me into another new ministry that I so dearly love. The Lord allowed me to jump in to this ministry quickly and be a part of the newest really big thing that He is doing through that ministry. In my time so far of serving with this ministry I am acutely aware that He has me exactly where He wants me and I am so thankful for that. He is stretching me and growing my faith in ways that I never imagined. I am so thankful for this specific opportunity to serve! I can see God’s plan and perfect timing in my part in this ministry. My place in this ministry gives me a renewed hope in His goodness and timing. I can trust that my waiting is meant for my good and His glory! I will claim Psalm 27:13-14 as I continue to press on toward all that the Lord has in store for me to do for His kingdom. "I remain confident of this: I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord."