"The glory of this present house will be greater than the glory of the former house," says the Lord Almighty. "And in this place I will grant peace," declares the Lord Almighty. Haggai 2:9
This scripture was written with painted ivy underneath it on the wall of my front entrance.
In one of my Bible's (I have quite a few,lol), I wrote Feb. 16th, 1998.."opened the Bible up to this scripture. Glory to God! We have the keys to our new home today!
When we moved into this home we are living in right now, we could not sell the other house we had lived in for 9 years. God in His extravagance and leading in our lives, made a way possible for us to buy this house and have friends to rent the other house. They lived in that house for a year. The painted and decorated that home nicer than we lived in it, lol. Sure helped when the time came for us to sell it.
When I think about this scripture it doesn't just remind me of that time when we moved into this home but with my family and I. Another entry I wrote beside that scripture reads, Dec. 27th, 1996 "God's promise for our family, as we build each other up."
I love how God's Word ministers to my heart, how it comforts me, strengthens me and gives me hope.
The day we were waiting for the keys to the new home, I was so anxious and stressed out. We had SO much work to be done. Five days to strip wallpaper from four rooms,prime and paint the entire house, rip up carpet, and move in!
We were told it could take up to 4 pm for us to receive the keys to the home. SIGH. I was ready at 8 a.m. So I paced the house, cryed out to God, put praise music on, cryed out to God, prayed. Than went into the bathroom with my Bible, and sat on the lid of the toilet, lol. Seems when I'm losing it mentally, I run to the bathroom to talk or cry to God ,LOL.
I can still remember sitting there, with the Bible my hand, the one that is right in front of me right now. I can remember holding the Bible and telling God, "please God speak to me, I need Your help, I'm losing it". I opened up the Bible and it fell to this scripture. Well, if you have been following along, you know..I started to bawl.
I thought,,WOW.."God, You KNOW we have two homes. And now Your telling me the glory of this present house will be greater than the glory of the former house, and great will be our peace?!!!" I was filled with peace. I was humbled and asked Him to forgive me for being so anxious. Here He has shown me how much He cares about everything that was going on in my life.
Then...the door bell rang. The key was dropped off at my house.! That's God!~
In my devotional book Streams in the Desert by L.B.Cowman it talked about captivity."There is nothing that makes the Scriptures more precious to us than a time of 'captivity'.
ginny and I had the opportunity of praying together on the phone and I prayed about how God was going to restore to us what the locust had stolen from us. Psalm 126:4 speaks about how the Lord will deliver us from captivity and 'restore our fortunes'.
"In order to receive any benefit from our captivity, we must accept the situation and be determined to make the best of it. Worrying over what we have lost or what has been taken from us will not make things better but will only prevent us from improving what remains. We will only serve to make the rope around us tighter if we rebel against it." (taken from Streams in the Desert)
It's been been mind boggling what God has been doing since my husband has lost his job. I can't even begin to tell you the peace that has come in our home, in our hearts, in our relationships, and with God!
My relationship with God has grown into a deeper intimacy. My trust has grown leaps and bounds. My faith walk has matured.
Before my husband lost his job, I had been praying to God, and I still do, "Lord God, do whatever it takes to bring us in a closer relationship with You. Whatever You desire Lord, so be it. Your will be done, and not our's Lord. Come, show forth Your power, let Your presence reign in this household".
I don't want to be anywhere else but in the hands of God Almighty. I don't want to leave His presence. I don't want my will to be done anymore, I want His. I don't want to take control anymore. I want Him to be in control. Whatever He wants for my life, than so be it!
I'm starting to cry again as I type this. I'm in this place, this journey, where I am submitting to His call upon my life. He is bringing me to a place where I am able to rest in His arms, EVEN in the storms of life.
The the left of me as I am typing this out, there is a picture in my diningroom on the wall. It's of a little girl, snuggled oh so close to this sailor who is in a row boat. All around them are waves, and you can see they are close to the shore because waves are crashing upon a large rock formation.
The little girl has both her hands folded and held close to her face which are laying on her father's chest. His face is calm, strong and determined.
When I look at that picture I of think of God and I. I'm that little girl, sitting on His knee, cuddled so close to him. I'm not looking at the waves that are slapping against this small row boat I'm in, or the huge waves that are crashing against the rocks close to shore. I'm resting in my Daddy's arms. Secure, at peace, and filled with contentment.
I leave you my precious one with that word picture. Place yourself on the knee of our Father, cuddle close to Him, and rest in His sovereign deliverance upon your life. The glory of this present time in your life, will be greater than the glory of the former ways. God is bringing you into a deeper intimacy with Him, a place where NO STORM can ever crash your faith and hope in Him ever again!
amen amen amen
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
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