Recently, the Lord and I have been having some very difficult conversations regarding the financial needs of His ministry at Heart To Heart Support Services. As scripture tells us to do, I have been seeking and beseeching God regarding the financial needs that are very big right now. I KNOW that God is my Provider, my Strength, my Courage, my Help in Present Danger, and the list goes on. I have been lifting up the needs that we have, and yet I have not seen God provide in significant ways. . .YET.
I have found myself becoming frustrated and if the truth is told, a bit aggravated with God for His slow response to our immediate needs. Then the other day, I was having my daily devotions. The theme of the devotion was that I have a relationship with God for even a time such as this. God spoke mightily to me through the writer of this devotion! He reminded me that yes, He is my Provider and all the other names we see given to Him in scripture, but, not only that, He is my friend who is walking with me through even this difficult time.
See, I was wanting and expecting God to be my Deliverer from these distressing circumstances, and He will do that in His perfect time, but I needed (unknown to me at the time) Him to be my Friend and walk hand in hand with me through this lean season. When that understanding sunk into my thick brain, I began to have peace in the midst of the circumstances, even though they have not changed yet. That peace is what I was truly needing and longing for.
Praise God for the wise writers of Our Daily Bread who have been instruments of God to speak to my troubled heart on so many occasions! Thank You God for your unfailing love and patience with me as I stumble along on my life's journey!
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