These past few days God has truly revealed His goodness to me. Sometimes we get so busy and run down that we forget to stop and meditate on what God has done in our lives. We get selfish with our time and put off the things that will actually keep us going, such as retreating to spend time with Jesus.
This is something I have been convicted of lately. It's amazing how sometimes God answers our prayers before we even technically pray them. He truly knows the desires of our hearts. As I started to realize how much I had been putting off spending some good, quality time alone with Jesus without distractions, God in all His sovereignty, was already setting up rest and solitude for us as a team.
The next host home we stayed at was a farm house nestled up in the hills of Wisconsin. If you know me at all, you know that I need my space and open air to stay sane. Some enjoy the quickness and business of the city, but for me, retreating to the middle of no where for a few days is a real treat.
Anways, while staying at this host home I was able to spend Saturday morning sitting outside with my bible, journal, and a farm cat, looking out over the fields and mountains surrounding this host home. This may not sound that exciting to you, but for me, it was an answer to an unprayed prayer. God is so good.
During this time, God revealed Psalm 145:13-19 to me in a new way. I have always loved this passage, but with a lot of different things going on in life right now, it really spoke loudly to me this time. It's amazing how many times God does that, the little things in our lives, and we just over look them or take them for granted.
We see all over scripture, specially in Psalms, how God has created all and is worthy of praise. After all, that is what we're created for-to worship Him. More often than not though, we create "small g" gods for ourselves and put other things in that place where God should be. I'm extremely guilty of this. Whether it be other relationships and friendships, financial security, tv, social networking, etc., we try to fill that void all too often.
In vs. 16, this particular Psalm shows us that God fills all our needs and satisfies our hunger. "You give them their food as they need it." I get so frustrated when I try to make things happen in my own timing instead of God's. His ways are best, even when it doesn't seem like it. In one of our rep songs called "You Lead," by Gamie Grace, there is a line in the chorus that says "You lead, I'll follow, just light the way and I'll go, cause I know what you've got for me is more than I can see."
We are able to trust God with our lives because He is an awesome God, and it's usually in the hard times that we see Him for who He is. So I encourage you to seek out some time of solitude and get away with God to reflect on all He has done and who He is, becaue He is a great, worthy, almighty God who is deserving of all our praise! No holding back.
