10/9/13:

TFTD: “In every place where I cause my name to be remembered I will come to you and bless you.” 

–Exodus 20:24

What is the worst pain that you have ever been in? Have you broken an arm or maybe an ankle? Dislocated a shoulder or pinched a nerve in your neck? Maybe it wasn’t physical pain and instead it was the emotional pain of losing someone dear to you or being in a depressed state of being. During those times what was the one thing that you focused on the most? Was it the pain or was it something else? In times of greatest pain in my life I find that I am reminded of my weakness. Weakness that is crippling and I can’t get rid of. It is the sense that I am stuck in the hardships of life and there is no way that I will ever pull out of this vortex of self-doubt and criticism. I then start to question God’s strength and power because He would never let a follower like me go through such an ordeal as this.

            The thing that we need to remember through all of our pain and weakness is that our God is stronger and more powerful than anything that we could ever imagine. God tells Moses in Exodus and tells us the same today that “In every place where I cause my name to be remembered I will come to you and bless you.” So when you are going through your difficult times and find that you are questioning God’s plan for your life, you can then also remember the fact that you are remembering His name and He is there with you blessing you through something else. So remember that when you are struggling and think God isn’t on your side, He is right there building you up and blessing you in numerous ways that you can’t even realize at this moment.                                                                                                                                                                                                                         

“Anxiety is not only a pain which we must ask God to assuage, but also a weakness we must ask Him to pardon.” –C.S. Lewis