Everyone has seasons of low tide.
Times when life seems dry. Moments when it takes much more effort to dig in the sand and reach the softness and comfort of God.
As we stand on our bit of shore and observe the vast ocean around us it can feel unfair to be cut off for a season.
Alone. A word some are so afraid of that they will continue in destructive and completely unbeneficial relationships and scenarios to avoid. Alone can feel like a heavy weight covering your shoulders. A weight that brings no warmth or comfort, quite the contrary, it leaves you feeling cold and wanting.
Where is God in those seasons?
Are we being punished?
Your personal answers to those two questions will undoubtedly reveal the depth of your understanding of Who He truly is and what how He operates.
When we stand before God, friends and family to get married we state that we will love each other in sickness and in health, in good times and in bad, in plenty and in want, as long as we both shall live.
I wonder what would change if we were committed to God in that very same way.
It’s a lazy man’s way to be angry with God when the tide is out. It’s the selfish man’s way to accuse God when things are dry around you.
He is calling us to a deeper commitment. One that likens our relationship with Him to marriage. A commitment that remains and sustains, without blame and accusation, through all the years. A commitment that doesn’t become petty when we don’t get our way.
How on earth can we give more grace and understanding to our spouse than we give to God?!
That’s baffling.
Over the years, one of the most important things I’ve learned is to expect the best. I expect to be blessed when troubles come. I expect to be safe when trials are near. I expect to be loved, especially when the world tells me I’m not. I will praise the Lord in plenty and in want.
One thing I know for certain…if it’s low tide now, then high tide is coming.
Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland. The wild animals honor me, the jackals and the owls, because I provide water in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland, to give drink to My people, my chosen, the people I formed for myself that they may proclaim My praise. Isaiah 43:18-21
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