"Even Yet!"

 "For he was yet in the loins of his father, when Melchisedek met him." (Hebrews 7:10 KJV)

  "So don't be misled, my dear brothers and sisters. Whatever is good and perfect comes down to us from God our Father, who created all the lights in the heavens. He never changes or casts a shifting shadow. He chose to give birth to us by giving us his true word. And we, out of all creation, became his prized possession." (James 1:16-18 NLT)

 Maybe you questioned my finishing statement from yesterday's post, "God will do the rest," as if you might think that it is up to us? I am forever grateful that God is in control; whether I mess up or go off the path, He still guides and directs my way! When He promises that He will get us to the other side, He will, regardless of the choices we might make!

 I have struggled with thinking about the things I have done and did not do as if they were things that were hindering my walk or preventing me from serving the Lord as I should have. Yet the road I have been on, although it might seem winding back and forth, through thick and thin, there is absolutely nothing that is not in my journey that God did not see in me, when I received Christ Jesus into my life. 

 If you really want to get technical and specific, God has known you, even before you were born! He has called you and chosen you for the life that you have lived, both for the bad and the good; knowing full well that your life will make a difference, even if you might not realize what it is you have done!  

 We really don't have a clue what we are doing; and we surely don't know what or how our lives will turn out, in this life! This life is completely temporary and very unpredictable; but no matter what might be happening in our life here, on this earth, we have hope for what awaits us, when He is done...

""Who has done such mighty deeds, summoning each new generation from the beginning of time? It is I, the LORD, the First and the Last. I alone am he." The lands beyond the sea watch in fear. Remote lands tremble and mobilize for war. The idol makers encourage one another, saying to each other, "Be strong!" The carver encourages the goldsmith, and the molder helps at the anvil. "Good," they say. "It's coming along fine." Carefully they join the parts together, then fasten the things in place so it won't fall over. "But as for you, Israel my servant, Jacob my chosen one, descended from Abraham my friend. I have called you back from the ends of the earth, saying, 'You are my servant.' For I have chosen you and will not throw you away. Don't be afraid, for I am with you. Don't be discouraged, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you. I will hold you up with my victorious right hand."" (Isaiah 41:4-10 NLT)