A portrait of God...

I often wonder, how can someone that I have never seen or touched be such an intricate part of my life? How can a God who created everything care so much that he reaches down and touches the most secretive part of me? It makes me wonder how people can go through life all alone. How do they deal with problems and broken relationships by themselves? This thought breaks my heart, I even sometimes cry when I see people so miserable and living without hope. Then I have to kick myself because I allow myself to be miserable when I don't have any reason to be because I want to feel sorry for myself.

Recently God revealed himself to me in a way that GOT MY ATTENTION. I will get a little more in depth in the latter part of this blog but I want to share briefly a little bit of it with you now. I am a very stubborn person. I am also very independent which makes out for a very interesting combination when it comes to dealing with authority. In recent times every area of my life has been turned upside down. Let me illustrate. In June of 2008 I lost my job, my fiancé, my apartment, my stability and I realized at that time that I also had lost my self-worth. I was miserable, and rightly so. Worn out and hopeless I stumbled across a couple of verses from the book of Isaiah that gave me a reality check. Here they are:

ISAIAH 40:28-31 NLT

HAVE YOU NOT KNOWN?

HAVE YOU NOT HEARD?

THE EVERLASTING GOD, THE LORD

THE CREATOR OF THE ENDS OF THE EARTH

NEITHER FAINTS NOR IS WEARY.

HIS UNDERSTANDING IS UNSEARCHABLE.

HE GIVES POWER TO THE WEAK.

AND TO THOSE WHO HAVE NO MIGHT HE INCREASES STRENGTH.

EVEN THE YOUTH SHALL FAINT AND BE WEARY,

AND THE YOUNG MEN SHALL UTTERLY FALL.

BUT THOSE WHO WAIT ON THE LORD SHALL RENEW THEIR STRENGTH.

THEY SHALL MOUNT UP ON WINGS LIKE EAGLES,

THEY SHALL RUN AND NOT BE WEARY.

THEY SHALL WALK AND NOT FAINT.

ISAIAH 41:10,13 NLT

FEAR NOT FOR I AM WITH YOU;

BE NOT DISMAYED FOR I AM YOUR GOD.

I WILL STRENGTHEN YOU, YES I WILL HELP YOU.

I WILL UPHOLD YOU WITH MY RIGHTEOUS RIGHT HAND.

FOR I, THE LORD YOUR GOD, WILL HOLD YOUR RIGHT HAND

SAYING TO YOU 'FEAR NOT, I WILL HELP YOU.'

These verse instantly hit a cord with me. It was like God was saying to me, “Don’t you get it? I am God. I am capable of everything you’re not. I can do everything because I have all power. Oh and by the way, my desire is for you. I want you to be happy. I want you to be filled and I want you to soar on wings like eagles because of the mighty work I am able to accomplish in your life. Oh and to top it all off I am going to hold your hand through it all”

WOW…WOW…WOW. Aren’t those verses amazing? I get chills everytime I read them. I want to go share with everyone who God is when I read those segments of Isaiah. The thought of God caring enough for me to even want to see me be happy and succeed in life is overwhelming. Not to mention it gives me a sense of awe when thinking about the character of the ALMIGHTY GOD (El- Elyon). The Bible says that there is no one like our God. It explains a God of love a God of wrath a God with fights our battles for us, and a God of peace. Yet so often it is easy to overlook the fact that he desire to have a personal relationship with you and with me. These verses say that he desires to uphold us with his right and he wants to hold our hand through the struggles we face. What an amazing portrait of God!