Saturday, April 16, 2011

Overwhelmed

by a crazy intense love from my Savior. He is constantly showing me ways He loves me and provides for me.

I was listening to a sermon earlier tonight by Todd Nighswonger. Todd said something that really made me think. Think about who God is, what He's doing, and how He's working in my life. He said: "The whole point of God choosing us and showing us His grace is so that at the end of it all, we can't go up to Him and say, 'Thanks for everything, here's some money to pay you back.' He did it so that all we're able to do is just stand there in absolute awe of Him."

What is God doing? How is He working? And how on earth did I ever think I could possibly pay Him back for it all??

I have absolutely no idea what God is going to do next. I don't know my next step. I don't know what tomorrow will bring. I don't know, I don't know, I don't know. It's frustrating, but at the same time, it's liberating. It's so freeing knowing that I don't have the power in my own life. I don't have the power to control things. I am free to "rest in the Shadow of the Almighty" (Psalm 91:1). I am free to stand in complete awe and be overwhelmed by His love. Because when I stand before Him, when I let my gaze fall on Him and Him alone, everything else is nothing.
Only Jesus matters.
It's all about Him.

Philippians 1:21

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