Jehovah Jireh

There is a song that goes like this:
"Jehovah Jireh, my Provider, His grace is sufficeint for me..."

I can't believe it's been almost a year since we left BC. Just a year ago I was fretting about where we would live, where my love would work and just what was going to happen next. Time and time again I just had to rest in that remembrance that "His grace is sufficeint." And remember Matthew 6:31-34:

"Do not worry saying 'what shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. But seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness; and all these things shall be added to you. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficeint for the day is its own trouble."

As I look back over the past 3 1/2 years that we've been married, I see God's hand in all our steps along the way. There were times when people thought we were jumping off the deep end, and at times they were justified in thinking so. But God brought us through many crazy things so that we could know truth...His Truth! He brought us to the point where we had to question everything we believed - and had to decide if we really believed it. But praise the Lord as Ephesians 2:9 says - He gave us the gift of true faith! And true faith cannot wander far because God is the one doing the work.

Romans 8:28 says "God causes all things to work together for good to those that love Him and are called according to His purpose."

He has. He does. He will.

I'm off on a whim, here, but that reminds me of our Wed night Bible Study. God cannot lie, change His mind or repent. (Numbers 23:19).

If that were not true, Romans 8:28 couldn't be true! If God were shaky on what was going to happen in the future, we couldn't quote that verse with full assurance that we need not worry because HE is in control. But praise be to God - He IS in control and as Matthew 6 says, don't worry about tomorrow, rest in that. Rest in His provision.

Rest.

A year ago I was not resting, I was trying to, but failing utterly. I have learned much, but still need that daily reminder that HE is in control of ALL things, past, present and future. Amen.