Are You Ready?

This past year has been especially trying for me personally. Many of my convictions have been challenged and in my despair I have found myself returning again and again on my knees to the foot of the Cross seeking consolation and answers. Since I have always been able to press through and hear the voice of the Lord this uncharted territory has been unsettling to say the least. This new and different season has brought many more questions than answers but I am beginning to understand that my faith is being tried by fire and that what is starting to emerge is pure gold.

You see, the Cross of Jesus offers so much more than we can ever comprehend. It opens a world to us that is so alien and unimaginable in our human mindset, that it takes divine revelation to see what has been provided for us and that God does not live in a box or in the limitations of our understanding. He is never surprised or taken off guard and He knows everything that is going on in our lives. He is not only the Creator of the universe; He is our Master, our Shepherd, our Provider, our Healer, our Deliverer, our Counselor, our Rock, our Redeemer, our loving and caring FATHER…..

All these things are not just titles; they are what He actually is to us as sons and daughters and as we humble ourselves before His throne, He builds a firm foundation in us that can not be shaken, for this world is being shaken and shaken violently. But our Father is positioning His children to not just endure, but to overcome and live victoriously having need of nothing. He is strengthening the very fiber of our beings and causing us to be whole and healthy and He is allowing us to see that He can be trusted in all things.

It is His still small voice that I always long to hear, but it is His resounding display of power starting to arise in His children that is stirring in my heart and in the hearts of His beloved. He is truly worthy of our praise and adoration and NOTHING can stop His plans and purposes for this world. It is my prayer that as the fulfillment of time begins to unfold, that as His children we will compel and invite all who are lost to come meet our Savior and Lord and that no one will be left behind. For no one knows the time or season Jesus will return………