Spirit, lead me where my trust is without borders. Let me walk upon the waters wherever You would call me. Take me deeper than my feet could ever wander and my faith will be made stronger in the presence of my Savior.
Sounds nice, doesn't it? In fact, I thought it sounded really awesome! Yes Lord! I want to walk on the waters anywhere You send me! I really do! Don't I? I mean, it'll all be sunshine and roses, won't it? Ha, my friends, I don't know about you, but if you're anything like me you have a tendency to wander off into some imaginary land where everything is happy and meat doesn't come from animals (yes, I do know the truth, but leave me in my make-believe world!!! It's nice here!). I have a propensity to choose to expect only good things. This isn't always bad, don't get me wrong. However I can think of two places in the Bible where that bubble is busted right away.
The first is Ecclesiastes 7:14, "When times are good, be happy; but when times are bad, consider this: God has made the one as well as the other. Therefore, no one can discover anything about their future." The second is John 16:33, "I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world."
Wow! So King Solomon tells us that God has made our good times as well as our bad times and then Jesus told us we would have trouble! Sounds really encouraging, huh? But it is friends, it truly is. And Jesus reminded us that He has already overcome the world! That's comforting for sure! But sometimes that part is hard to see and easy to forget.
Many of you know, to some extent, the roller coaster of trials my family has endured the past several weeks with my grandma's health. She's currently getting a little bit better again, but we're still praying for a miracle in her brain. It has been so hard because I love my sweet grandma and you cannot even imagine the things that have transpired during this time. I have had to really press in to God for the strength to keep going in the direction I know He wants me to go because my nature is to drop everything and do whatever I can to fix the problem with grandma until either she's better or I can't go on any longer. But I cannot do that anymore. It's not because I don't want to or I don't love her, but it's because I have to fulfill the call of God on my life and in order to do that, I must keep going and keep saying "yes" to Him!
So when I heard that song tonight I felt as though He was asking me during the bridge part, "Do you remember singing that over and over? Didn't you ask Me to take you to a place where you could learn to trust without borders? Didn't you ask Me to teach you to walk on the waters? Did you not listen to what you were singing? This is a perfect situation to practice these things. When Peter got out of the boat and walked on the literal water, do you think it was calm? No, it was a stormy sea. This is your stormy sea. Stop freaking out and start walking with Me on the water. Start trusting and stop fretting. I AM."
I don't know what to say, other than, "Yes, Lord. I hear You. Your servant is listening." If this is speaking to your heart about your life as well, I pray you will say the same.
Blessings and love,
Tami
