Like many individuals, I tend to think God’s plans are on me. But they’re not – they’re on Him. I don’t need to have all the answers ahead of time, I don’t need to know the route He’s taking me. I just need to be willing to be used by Him.
To Moses’ “Who am I?” God responds, “But I will be with you.”
And that, my friends, changes everything!
Author Archives: Renee Srch
What Lies Beneath the Surface?
Guest Post by Author C. A. Simonson “He reveals the deep things of darkness and brings utter darkness into the light.” (Job 12:22) The pond is peeling. Its floor looks like a pulled-back carpet, breaking apart in fragmented pieces of slime. It seemed lifeless all winter. No motion. Still. Silent. Undetected and hidden, the underwater carpet disguised …
A Season of Transformation
Yet God had a plan and a purpose. He had led Moses to a place where he could work on taking Egypt out of Moses: his learning, his mindset, his ways. God was stripping him down to his primal identity. In the commonplace of his daily existence, in the ordinariness of life, in the silence of the desert, Moses shed his pride, his reactive anger, and his white-knight syndrome. He became the servant God needed to lead His people out of bondage.
This is the Day
This—I will give this day my undivided attention. I will live in the moment, eagerly watching God’s plans slowly unfold in front of me as He leads me through each part of it.
“You Have Not”
Moses didn’t allow his disappointment to bring his God-appointed mission to a standstill. He brought it to God. In His great mercy, God revealed His plan and purpose to Moses who would soon have a front-row seat to one of the biggest demonstrations of God’s mighty power – the parting of the Red Sea. He would be used by God in ways he’d never dreamed possible. Best of all, he would witness first-hand the foreshadowing of God’s plan of redemption.
The God of Do-Overs
Truth is, we are all on the same level. We have all failed at some point or another. Yet though we fail, we try again. Though we fall, we rise again. Because He is the God of the do-overs. Every morning, He offers us a fresh start (see John 21). He loves us unconditionally, and nothing can ever change that.
BRAINS, BLADDERS, AND THE BODY OF CHRIST
You are important to the body and we will not function properly without you. The body needs you.
Guarding the Gates
Too many parents have become lax about controlling what they allow into the center of their homes. This begs the question: Who is protecting our children’s influenceable minds? Who speaks the loudest into our family’s minds and hearts?
The Battle is not yours
How often I need to be reminded that God is on my side and He is in control! I know it, theoretically, yet somehow, when my back is up against a wall, I find myself wondering if God really cares about my personal struggles, my tears, and my stress-filled days.
Perspective Changes Everything
Truth is, God fashions each vessel with intentionality and purpose. In the scope of eternity, what does it matter whether I am a short, unremarkable vessel rather than a tall, beautiful, slender vase? What truly matters is whether I am used by God.