Hope in Its Rightful Place

It is hours before cluster cell and I wanted to meet up with Abba before I go for cell. It's been a challenging week emotionally. Many things I wanted to happen did not happen, yet among which, there were many good things that I did not ask Pa for. Confused, disappointed and uncertain.

I came before the Lord with a heavy heart that wouldn't sing of His praises. In the face of circumstances, the heart simply couldn't sing. I went on my knees and wondered how could I praise the Lord. I did not want to open the Bible for I didn't know what to read. I took the guitar and started strumming random tunes. I don't know how to play but I really wanted to make music unto Him.

I asked God to help me repair my heart so that I could connect with Him.

I felt led to search for an old songsheet and knew that I would find a song to sing to Pa. I found one and started singing "With All I Am." God suddenly came alive to me as I sang it over and over until my mind was renewed by the truth of God.

Jesus I believe in You
Jesus I belong to You
You're the reason that I live
The reason that I sing
With all I am

Abba Father God is the reason why I can sing. Jesus is the reason why I live and it is not a half hearted singing or living - it is with ALL I AM.

What a revelation for a mind that was stuck in the present, unable to look beyond the situations and the chains that so bind me to reality or rather, false reality.

With a mind renewed, God led me to 2 Tim 4:7-8
7I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. 8Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day—and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for his appearing.

the good fight - the reality is - it will not be easy. It doesn't mean because I am a Christian, I wouldn't face the problems of all mankind. It doesn't mean I would get ALL I want because what I want might not be what God wants for me.

This is what Paula Rinehart has to say:
... God can help us and strengthen us, but He never promised to keep us from pain. "Our Father refreshes us with some pleasant inns on the journey, but [he] will us encourage us to mistake them for home," wrote CS Lewis. No matter what the song says, heaven is not a place on earth.

Perhaps disappointed dreams are our best opportunities to transfer hope to its rightful place. Heaven is where our biggest dreams belong. Realizing that can help us make it through the here and now without placing a burden on the present that it was never meant to bear.

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So examine your life and ask where does your hope lie? How shaken would you be if the present changed? To whom would you run to, depend on and trust to make it all right?

I'm glad Abba sorted that out with me and set me right.

Blessed day!