God’s glory – My Grace Untold

There is No Waste In God’s Process – Part 2

“I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts unto him and to his mourners.”

Isaiah 57:18

At 24, the hardships I have faced, still facing, and watched, and still watching others around me face, has honestly been challenging. I come from a place where abject poverty and hopelessness is a norm. Even after my move to America, I grew up in a community (suburb and all) that fell from grace each time a young life was gunned down or another young life turned to the path of destruction.

So, admittedly, I have asked inwardly and outwardly over the years, through my personal pain and my heartache over the world around me, ‘where was God?’

It took time, prayer, and more prayer to tap into the grace of God, to trust His Way above all other thoughts.

See, God’s Higher plan goes beyond what we see or how we feel even in the face of havoc and discomfort. And I know how hard it can be to keep that in mind sometimes. We have to remain grounded in faith and hope and trust God, and know and know and know that we serve a loving, merciful, and powerful father!

Friend, there is purpose in your pain.

Over 4000 homes were lost in this one tornado. 4000 lives halted, scattered, shattered with one event. I can’t begin to imagine the pain and tiredness from such a life-changing occurrence.

But God’s purpose for the community of Moore was greater than the material things that were demolished in the storm. God’s purpose proved powerful in love and togetherness that became greater than the anguish of losing loved ones. The community of Moore did not wallow in pain. They worshiped IN FAITH AND HOPE… How great is our God?!

Hearts were restored with the fullness of God’s mercy and grace as families drew nearer to one another to comfort and help carry each other’s burdens. Wounds (present and past) were healed as former addicts opened up to the Lord seeking forgiveness and a new start. Faith was strengthened as survivors who clung to the mercy of God in the eye of the storm, praised God for preserving their lives and loved ones…It wasn’t all good, but it was all God.

So I wonder today what parts of your journey the enemy has convinced you was a waste. What has the voices of doubts and hopelessness told you over and over again? What lies of worthlessness and inferiority have you succumbed to in the past? What tragedy has left you without solid grounds to stand or walk on?

Will you please bring it to God today? Will you please come into the arms of your Maker for the comfort you desperately need and has been seeking for in all the wrong places? Do you know that healing comes from God?

Friend, I cannot stress it enough that there is NO waste in God’s process. It is all for His glory!

May your heavenly Father in His tender-mercy, pull you close in your time of loss and despair. May your Almighty father restore your faith and hope today to behold the fullness of His glorious plan in Jesus name. Amen.

For His Glory Alone

“Thine, O LORD is the greatness, and the power and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O LORD, and thou art exalted as head above all.”

1 Chronicles 29:11

It has been three weeks since I heed the word of God and left my job at Nordstrom.

That’s three weeks without a source of income, three weeks of being still (trying diligently at least), three weeks of fervent prayer and wait, three weeks of unwanted doubts, three weeks of fighting to be grounded in complete Faith.

It has been three weeks of the same answer to the same questions asked by different people. It has been three weeks of private crying sessions with my Father and more private quiet sessions with the Spirit.

It has been three weeks of on-and-off discomfort. Three weeks of telling the voice of the enemy to get lost.

Three weeks…

I almost forgot how strenuous and exhausting a job search can be for a graduate. The irony however is that, there are jobs everywhere, vacant positions left and right, all around me, but I know any position just won’t do. I am awaiting God’s own placement. And it is as uncomfortable as it is rewarding.

Before, my reason for saying, “I can’t just work anywhere,” had more to do with what I know I was capable of, but now, it is because I know what God is capable of, and it is for His glory alone.

As I scroll up and down job search boards and scan through potential job offers, I wait eagerly and desperately for the Spirit and the Spirit alone to say, “Go.”

Anything else is a clear and profound, “NO!” (CHECK OUT “NO MEANS NO!”)

The resounding words within remind me that God’s placement is no ordinary position so I cannot let my fear or doubts of any income lead me away from the direction of the Most High God.

God removed me from one state to another. God provided the job I ASKED for. And when the time came, God removed me from the position I picked to place me elsewhere for His purpose. There is no turning back now, nor is there turning left or right.

So I wonder today, if you are in a similar state friend. What resounding messages are you receiving from the Spirit about the next steps you should take.

I wonder if the Spirit is telling you to even take a step or two back or simply be still.

What are you doing with your time? Have you sought your Maker for purpose? Or are you so confined by a false sense of security that you cannot even hear when the Lord is speaking so clearly about your current position?

Are you so attached to your position that you have failed to consider God’s own divine placement?

Friend, if it does not glorify God, what is the purpose? If God’s not there, why are you? If God is not in it, why are you? (READ ABOUT ADDING GOD)

I pray today that the Sovereign God who has called us for His glory and His alone, help us to stand in faith even when what we think we know is an opposition. May we be equipped with God’s strength to leave where we should and go where HE leads in Jesus name. Amen.