God Ministers To Us in Our Needs

Today was rough, not having a job for seven months got to me, and I began to question God and become discontent with my situation.

God lovingly gave me exactly what I needed throughout the afternoon and early evening.

The first song that came on the radio after I was really down was Before the Morning ~Josh Wilson. There was a part of me that didn't want to hear it because I wasn't sure if the morning would ever come.

The first commercial break had a clip from a message that had been aired on the station that essentially said...

You can ask God why, but he doesn't have to answer you. He never answered Job.

This evening in devotions it was my turn to lead in our Old Testament survey, and the section was on major themes in Joshua. The author made the point that Joshua is not primarily about Joshua, or Israel's military victories. Instead it is about God fulfilling his promise to Abraham to give them the Land of Canaan, and how He worked powerfully to fulfill it.

A Month Long Journey

I finally realized this weekend what I need to do. I need to get up every morning for the next month and pray. I need to pray for the three things I want to change the most, but can't change: my job, getting back to school, and something else. In this way I will be acknowledging that I can't do anything about them (I've failed pretty miserably so far) and acknowledging that God is the only one who can do anything about them.

One of my best friends is going to help keep me accountable to get up early, and hopefully it works. I've been asking my friends to pray for me a lot this year, but I haven't ever made it my number one priority myself. I will be keeping a personal journal, and keeping this blog updated as the month goes on. I pray God will give me the perseverance and grace to carry this out.

The journey begins July 8th.

How He Loves Us

This song seems to be a book mark of sorts for this season in my life. I first heard it the beginning of this semester as things were very difficult. Today I got a semi long term job, and just signed up for college classes again. I finish finding out I have a job, and this is the first song that came on the radio.

To all who doubt it, God does love you, and no matter how difficult things may seem He is taking care of YOU.

He is jealous for me, Loves like a hurricane, I am a tree,

Bending beneath the weight of his wind and mercy.

When all of a sudden, I am unaware of these afflictions eclipsed by glory,

And I realize just how beautiful You are,

And how great Your affections are for me.

Oh How He Loves Us ~David Crowder Band