Many times we do plunge into despair when we do not see or feel Him. Trust is not found in seeing and feeling and having in your hand the evidence of His presence and love.
Trust is when you do not understand, when you walk without seeing the road ahead and place your feet without seeing the path in front of you- that is when you trust Him. He says He is the light. We say, the Lord is my Light. You declare it because you're in dark place and as you place your hand in His and walk in the darkness, darkness parts and light is there.
Micah 7:7 But as for me, I will look to the Lord and confident in Him I will keep watch; I will wait with hope and expectancy for the God of my salvation; my God will hear me.
8. Rejoice not against me, O my enemy! When I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light to me.
Our trust in Him on the sunny days of life when all is clear is often mixed with the sense of your control of the situation; seeing the path you rely on your own ability to navigate and find your way through life.
In the fog your inability to control is the opportunity to choose to abandon yourself to His care without seeing or feeling.
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, lean not upon your own understanding (even the things you know to be true) acknowledge Him, (confess and bring Him as Lord into your situation) Acknowledge Him. To recognize a person; to observe that a person is here, by knowing that they are here. Recognize and observe they are present, recognize who they are and make room for them.
Examples: if I am in a meeting and I sitting, the ones who are conducting the meeting will acknowledge that I am there and recognize me and sometimes will make room for me to be part of the meeting. In the recognizing of God, we are acknowledging that He is there presently, and is with me and lives within me; we make room for God to work and move. Recognize God is here. Recognize He is present; the Ever Present. Recognize His presence. He is in the present moment that I am walking through.
All that He is, He is in all, He is all the fullness that He is and all that Calvary accomplished is NOW All that was accomplished is here as fresh as it was done present reality now; He is faithful to do all that He said, here present, to implement See God in this moment; or any situation now in this moment.
Now, another person, another place, over there, back there, what was, what will be, but NOW. You are the temple of the Holy Spirit. He is within. Temples are places where there is worship to God. We were made to worship Him; and He shall bring it to pass.
You have never trusted His love more than in such a moment. You are the beloved of His heart and you do not walk alone for He walks with you and in you. He is not a stranger to your path, remote from you.
Jesus knew what is was to eat and feel full, He has drunk and felt the satisfaction of thirst. He felt tiredness. He has been ask to go to parties, He has cried tears, knew what it was like to lose an earthly father (Joseph). He knew the responsibility of being a first born son and taking care of His mother. He had a business and knew what is like to pay taxes and be cheated. He knew what it was like to be betrayed. He did this as a human. He wept over injustice, grief over what sin and sickness has done.
Amazing love is that The Godhead was Spirit and the Godhead has forever changed. He became a man and now sits at the right hand of the Father still with a body. He became our High Priest who could feel our pain, identifies with every emotion whether the joy or our grief and our sorrow.
We can go to Him and know He empathizes with us, lay it all upon Him our High Priest and He does intercede for us as us. Malcolm Smith
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