This winter/spring we camp girls have been studying the book of Joshua. When choosing what book to study back in November, I had no idea how absolutely perfect the timing would be for studying this book. But God knew.
Joshua is about God making good on His promises. This past week, we talked about the comfort the words in the verse are:
"Not one word of all the good promises that the Lord had made to the house of Israel had failed; all came to pass." Joshua 21:45
That same God way back in the days of impossible battles and gifts of new land is the same God here with me today. I love that. I love when the Old Testament reminds me of how big and true God is today.
Joshua is also all about how BIG God is. And truly, that is the one thing about Him I am clinging to right now (and this whole season). My God is bigger than the seemingly insurmountable problems I face. He is bigger than the mountains that seem to stand before me. He is bigger than the humaness that can destroy my confidence. I serve a BIG God.
Good Friday is a good day to remember that, don't you think? I'm sure Jesus' disciples were forgetting that on this day. I'm sure they were feeling despair and fear. But God was merely getting ready to show off in the biggest way He ever had. I loved how Bob Goff said it on his Twitter feed today:
"Darkness fell, His friends scattered, hope seemed lost - But heaven just started counting to three."
This makes me giddy. This is light to my darkness. This is joy to my sorrow. This is my BIG God.
A little encouragement to you today. God is bigger than that thing that you just can't see any way around. He is bigger than that nagging sin you just can't seem to defeat. He is bigger than the lies that are whispered in your ear from the one who wants nothing more than to make you doubt Him. He is bigger than deadlines and sorrows and sickness and loneliness and heavy hearts. God is bigger. Just reach out that hand and put it in His and trust that He is!
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Great post! Thanks!
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