I have shared my personal testimony only a few times over
the past ten years. I do not share it
just for the sake of sharing; for it is painfully personal and a journey that I
am still, after ten years, trying to reconcile.
But today I want to skip to the pivotal moment along that painful
journey because I want to focus on that, not everything that led up to that.
I had been falsely accused of something and the
repercussions were more than I imagined.
I had lost everything but my family.
My entire identity had been taken from me and in my absolute despair, in
that moment in my life when I could not possibly go any lower – I had a vision. I’m not a man of visions but this one was
very clear to me. I saw God sitting,
leaning forward, his forehead resting in this right hand, and his head was
shaking back and forth slowly. This is
what He said, “no no no…my dear son believe me this is not what I wanted for
your life but I promise you, if you give me some time I will work with this”.
The miracles that have happened since that time have been
far too many to count. The life I lead
today is one that is free from any type of bondage be it spiritual, emotional
or physical. The pain of the event is something
I am still processing through but the outcome – well, I’m here to say that God
did, indeed, work with it and much has been achieved!
I know another man who sits in prison. He, like thousands of others, claim he is
innocent and the truth is – he is innocent.
But the laws of the land and the hearts of the wicked prevailed to the
degree that he is now in prison and may very well be there for a very long
time. I talk with him often and his
spirit remains strong. He is a powerful
witness to those around him, he leads worship in the prison, he writes, he is a
wise counselor to many and the list goes on.
You see, God worked with it.
When you encounter something unexpected that has a negative
impact on your life, can you work with it?
Can you allow God to work with it?
If your best friend, brother, sister, mother, father or lover betrayed
you somehow and caused you pain would you be able to work with it? Would the two of you be able to agree that
time heals and that God CAN work in and through all things? Would you just surrender and decide that
there’s nothing that can be done, cut your losses and go? Moses led his people
in to the middle of nowhere but God worked with it, didn’t he? Daniel was stuck in the middle of the hungry
lions, no escape, no light at the end of the tunnel, hardly a hope…but God
worked with it, didn’t he?
God doesn’t purposely send wicked your way. It happens.
But God can work with anything if those who are in it will focus on
Him.
What did you do today to focus on Him while he is so intent
on focusing on you? While things are
being put in to place to bless you and to make your life, yes, even you very
soul – jump with joy…what are you doing in return? Are you saying to God, “yes, you better work
with this!” or are you saying, “Really, God?
Wow! I didn’t know You saw that…thank
You…I will continue to praise You and recognize You through all things and I
will wait patiently on You while You work with this”.
They that wait upon the Lord SHALL renew their strength;
they SHALL mount up with wings like the eagles; they SHALL run, and not be
weary; and they SHALL walk, and not faint…Isaiah 50:31
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