Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, who alone works wonders. And blessed be His glorious name forever; and may the whole earth be filled with his glory. Amen, and Amen.
Are you one who sometimes wonders about the active presence and power of God around you? Not that you're "prone to wander", as the old hymn says, but you're just prone to wonder? In your heart, you know these things are true, and you don't aim to walk away from Him, but when others talk about God moments and God miracles, you feel like Gideon who said, "O my Lord, if the LORD is with us, why then has all this happened to us? And where are all His miracles which our fathers told us about...?" (Joshua 6:13). We have all struggled with the God who seems to rarely show His hand; We struggle when we feel like we're rooting for the God who seems to choose to be mostly silent; we struggle when we've given credence to this God only to feel like we've been left holding the bag without the goods. This is especially difficult in a world that challenges our faith at every turn and mocks our beliefs at every opportunity. That's okay; your faith hasn't been shaken nor have you forsaken what you believe to be true, not because you're stupid, senseless and unreasonably stubborn about your strong hold on these things. Your stubbornness has strong reason. You know Him to be true. You know His word to be true. You know His story to be true. You know His work in you to be true. There is that conviction and voice within you that, no matter the questions, wants to cry out, "Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, who alone works wonders. And blessed be His glorious name forever; and may the whole earth be filled with his glory. Amen, and Amen." Cry it out! It does wonders! Because it's true!
Are you one who sometimes wonders about the active presence and power of God around you? Not that you're "prone to wander", as the old hymn says, but you're just prone to wonder? In your heart, you know these things are true, and you don't aim to walk away from Him, but when others talk about God moments and God miracles, you feel like Gideon who said, "O my Lord, if the LORD is with us, why then has all this happened to us? And where are all His miracles which our fathers told us about...?" (Joshua 6:13). We have all struggled with the God who seems to rarely show His hand; We struggle when we feel like we're rooting for the God who seems to choose to be mostly silent; we struggle when we've given credence to this God only to feel like we've been left holding the bag without the goods. This is especially difficult in a world that challenges our faith at every turn and mocks our beliefs at every opportunity. That's okay; your faith hasn't been shaken nor have you forsaken what you believe to be true, not because you're stupid, senseless and unreasonably stubborn about your strong hold on these things. Your stubbornness has strong reason. You know Him to be true. You know His word to be true. You know His story to be true. You know His work in you to be true. There is that conviction and voice within you that, no matter the questions, wants to cry out, "Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, who alone works wonders. And blessed be His glorious name forever; and may the whole earth be filled with his glory. Amen, and Amen." Cry it out! It does wonders! Because it's true!
