Through the Fog

Have you ever been driving at night through a thick fog--when the swirling gray is so thick that you have to squint to see, even though squiting does nothing to help.  Your best efforts to navigate even start to work against you:  it would make sense that if you can't see well, then you need more light--but turning your lights to bright only reflects more light into your eyes making it more difficult to see!

Sometimes we find ourselves in a fog.  You want to know how to move forward or through whatever it is that you are facing but you just do not seem to make sense of it all, let alone know how to move forward.

We've all been there.  Some of us are there right now.

The last thing I want to do is offer something that puts a positive spin on things in order to just try and sweep reality under the rug just so that things "look" better.  You need much more than that--we all do.

I received an email from a friend who was encouraged by this word, maybe it will be a light for you today:

'The snow and rain come down from heaven, and stay on the ground to water the earth.  They  cause the grain to grow, producing seed for the farmer and bread for the hungry.  It is the same with My word.  I send it out, and it always produces fruit.  It will accomplish all I want it to, and it will prosper everywhere I send it.'  Is. 55:10-11.

He is sending His word to you today. . .and it will accomplish His good will in your life.  Kind of hard to believe isn't it?

The Lord says that those who follow Him enjoy the fact that He is for you and not against you.  He is the One who is your strong tower when you are facing insurmountable odds.  When you cannot see what is coming next; or if you can see what is coming and it doesn't look pretty. . . .He is there for you.  God does not guarantee that He will change all your circumstances, though He certainly can and does do that often, but He is offering a place where your heart can rest and change your circumstances from the inside out. 

How does peace sound to you?  Like a fleeting dream?  Like something dimly seen through a fog?  Or maybe just something that feels more like a tease than a promise?  How frustrating is that???

God is our guarantee.  He is the only guarantee.  If you want some stability; if you want to be able to lay down your anxieties because you can't see through your fog, He is waiting for you.

When your heart is at peace, the fog turns more into a blanket than a threat.

Enjoy His embrace.

BT