051310 musings

In my quiet time this morning, I expressed to Him my fear of what may lie ahead. I felt He asked me, 'Am I not enough?' sigh...yes, He is, but I just don't know it yet. How much of our journey is daily coming into a greater awareness that He is enough...enough for today's troubles, enough for our future, enough to carry us through to eternity! There is a saying you may have already heard...You'll never know He's all you need until He's all you have. That could sound scary to those of us who aren't there yet, but what an honor. He's no respecter of persons and He, just like us, WANTS TO BE KNOWN INTIMATELY! Many years ago, knowing I wasn't to be led by my emotions, (and battling BEING led by my emotions), spoke to Him rather loudly, 'Why did You give us these emotions, anyway?' He came right back, and said, in His gentle way, 'I have all the same emotions that you have.' Whoa...now THAT's food for thought! Well, you might say, could He possibly have fear? I won't be dogmatic, but I think He may. However, His fear is sanctified. Perhaps He 'fears' I'll fall short of receiving the inheritance He so longs to receive from me and give to me. They are one and the same. After all, per Isaiah 30:18, 'Therefore the Lord longs to be gracious to you, And therefore He waits on high to have compassion on you For the LORD is a God of justice; How blessed are all those who long for Him.' How many of us who claim to know Him REALLY believe He waits on high to have compassion on us? May we believe it, that we may be more eager to hear His beautiful voice, then, do His bidding...for His glory, not ours.