Have you noticed I haven't been very sharing any deep thoughts lately? Like relational, religious, and scriptural stuff... It's not because I haven't had any great and deep moments with God, but because I seem to have such a hard time putting my words together and having what is in my head come out here.
But today, during Sunday School at church, I was in tears over some wonderful validating thoughts being shared, so I have to share. The situation brought up was by a mother whose son is currently in Iraq, and (long story short) she's thankful and at peace that no matter what happens, he is in God's hands. Even if his life is taken, it is such that it will glorify God in whatever circumstance. Several people shared, and the resounding truth is that the safest place to be on earth is in His Will. We are not promised physical safety or health. We are promised eternal security. When and if we experience death, it is because it is His best. Hard to think of death as "best," isn't it? But if our purpose here is to glorify His Name, then to live in obedience to His will (even unto death) is best.
This all touched my heart deeply because this is the journey the Lord took me on prior to finding out that my dad does not carry the BRCA gene (our extended family's breast cancer mutation, to put it as simply as possible). Where He wanted me to be: obedient unto death. If this was my "lot," would I believe Him that this would be best for my life? If I died early, do I trust Him with my children? with my husband? Could I walk that road and still glorify Him? Could I praise Him through that storm? Could I walk through the fire, and instead of being delivered from cancer, be delivered into His arms? Do I really really trust Him for what is best for my life? Rarely is the answer as solid of a "yes" as I want it to be, but because of this journey, the answer is yes.
And what does this mean, now that I know that at least as far as breast cancer goes, I am not at such a high risk? I don't know- maybe there are future hurdles and mountains that I need this security to be able to withstand and endure while still glorifying Him. But I do know that He has a purpose in developing in us our relationship with Him, and I am thankful that He loves me enough to teach me such a valuable lesson. Because, like this mother at church, I need to live what I believe, and walk in obedience, even unto death. After all, for believers, that is the beginning of eternity with Him, and more than we can ever imagine...
Note: Please, please do not read this in regards to anyone except me. It is not meant to be a window to view anyone through but myself. This was my journey, and what God was teaching me at this point in my walk with Him. If you disagree with what I said, please, pray about it, and be open to what He has to teach you.
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Thanks for sharing Naye!!! The words came out wonderfully :-)
D, thanks for expressing so clearly what is so often misunderstood. When we approach God in faith, our faith is in His character and in the things He has actually promised. As you say, His promise really boils down to a guarantee to be with us, no matter what. There's no promise that we won't be sick, or poor, or jobless, yet we get into those situations and flog ourselves for "not having enough faith", as if that could have prevented them from happening. Looking back at Hebrews 11, there are a lot of people there described as having great faith, and yet their situations ended up pretty badly, humanly speaking.
C.S. Lewis expressed it really well in 'The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe", where Lucy first finds out that Aslan is a Lion, and asks whether he's safe or not. Mr. Beaver replies "Safe? Of course he isn't safe. But he's good."
I agree, they did come out wonderfully. It was good to see how your journey was and that there was a journey! I appriciate you sharing.
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