For You Created Me – 8/20/14 Remember, YOU can add members to Western Faithbook. Just click on members from your computer under the picture of the cowboys and click add member. Or click the arrow to the right hand side of the picture if you visit Western Faithbook from your phone. On the next screen there will be a page where you will be prompted to add members. Maybe you have a friend you want to share His Word with, or maybe it’s a family member who you would like to help back to the Lord. Romans 14:10-12 says, “For we will all stand before God’s judgment seat…so then, each of us will give an account of himself to God.” 2nd Corinthians 5:10 tells us, “For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive what is due him for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad.” Remember our study several weeks ago on purpose (July 18, 2014 – Our Called Purpose Has Great Significances)? What if your purpose is to lead those CERTAIN people to the Lord? You have searched me, Lord, and you know me. You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar. You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways. Before a word is on my tongue you, Lord, know it completely. You hem me in behind and before, and you lay your hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain. Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence? If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there. If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea, even there your hand will guide me, your right hand will hold me fast. If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me and the light become night around me,” even the darkness will not be dark to you; the night will shine like the day, for darkness is as light to you. For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be. How precious to me are your thoughts, God! How vast is the sum of them! Were I to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand— when I awake, I am still with you (Psalm 139:1-18 NIV). This verse has been important to me for a long time; however, I read something a few days ago that brought it back to my mind. I can’t find it again, but I can certainly share with you the meaning of the quote. The central meaning of the quote was that God does not reveal everything to us because we would simply take the plan and run. In other words, without knowing the future to our lives and a plan for our lives, we have to rely on God for His guidance and remain in Him for prayer and petition. I hope you can relate to that. It is profound in my life right now. Deep inside I really wish I knew why I am going through the trial in my life right now and perhaps more importantly the outcome. Verse 16 says, “All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to me.” Then I go back to verse 6 which reads, “Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.” And, I certainly believe that to be true. The old saying goes, “The grass grows deeper in the valleys of life,” and I can certainly attest to that. But, I truly believe that His plan is too wonderful for me to know or comprehend. My son turned 4 today. We are so proud of him. Both of our kids have been such a blessing in our lives. I can remember praying that God would bring us our first child. We tried to have a child for several months, and weren’t having any luck. However, God brought us Grady Spur in His perfect time. I can’t help but think if things would be different if we knew the future to our lives. If we knew 4 years ago that I would now have stage 4 renal cell carcinoma, would we have been brave enough to bring a child into our mess? What about Josey Rae? She was born 2 weeks after I was diagnosed with cancer. I am so glad that I don’t know His perfect plan because I would try to find a way to mess it up. I couldn’t imagine my life being complete without having a hand in bringing these two beautiful children into this world. Last week I had scans at MD Anderson, and the outcome was not what we had been praying for. However, the doctor put me on what I think is a more effective treatment and we are back at it. I remember going to the Lord in prayer right after the doctor told me we would have to change medications. I said, “Ok Lord, I don’t know what your plan is, but I am all in.” Folks, go all in for the Lord. Give your needs to Him. His plan is oh so more glorious and perfect than ours could ever be.
Posted on: Thu, 21 Aug 2014 02:52:33 +0000
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