Because I Loved You!
“Because I loved you, I have allowed you to go through this because I knew even from the beginning, from the time that you were born, that this is what it would take to get you to the place I wanted you and that you would respond to my voice and to my call on your life. I know every step that you have taken, every fall, every mistake and I was there. Even when you did not realize it, you were being held in the hollow of my hand. Held by the nail scarred hand of my son!”
A few days ago I shared the above with you what the Lord spoke to me as I came before Him with so many questions, so many doubts, so many fears. That I did not understand why this path, why now, why not sooner?
And that is when the Lord spoke the above to my heart and brought such a peace and a rest to me, a peace and rest that only He could give. Even as I write this and share this, there is a calmness that it brings to me. Knowing that which I have gone through will bring honor and glory to our Lord.
That the Lord would take that which I have experienced in my life, in my walk with Him to bring honor and glory to the one that I am learning to love all over again, my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. He is becoming more and more real each day, as I yield myself to Him.
I remember years ago when I was very young, that there were times that I would have a dream that was repeated a number of times as I was growing up and in the dream I would be walking down a dark road and as I was walking a hand would extend from heaven and I would step into that hand and it would lift me up.
And now I have come to realize it was the Hand of God that has been carrying me all this time. Even when I did not realize it, that I was in the hollow of His hand, that I was held by the nail scarred hand of my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
That He gave himself for me, for you, that He paid the ultimate price for us when He was nailed to the cross, that He died, arose and now sits at the right hand of the Father interceding for us, because He open the door for us to be able to come into the presence of our Father on a daily basis. Is that not awesome?
To realize again, that from the time I was born, till now, my Father has been watching over me. Knowing what it would take and now I can look back and see the hand of God all through my life and I see how He has been with me.
As I was reading the following: “Moreover [let us also be full of joy now!] let us exult {and} triumph in our troubles {and} rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that pressure {and} affliction {and} hardship produce patient {and} unswerving endurance.
And endurance (fortitude) develops maturity of character (approved faith and tried integrity). And character [of this sort] produces [the habit of] joyful and confident hope of eternal salvation. Romans 5:3-4 (Amplified Bible)
The thoughts that came to mind, was Lord, in the midst of all that I am going through, you want me to be full of joy? Yes! And you want me to rejoice in my suffering? Your kidding, right? No! That pressure, affliction, and hardship will produce patience? I don’t remember asking for patience Lord! But some how I knew this was going to figure into it all. That all of this will produce character, to become more like you Lord? Yes!
Is that not awesome, that all that we are or have gone through, is to make us to be more like our Lord, that we will reflect the reality of who He is in us.
So when you are going through the battles, through trials, through life. Remember, that from the very beginning the Lord already knew what it would take to get you to the place that He wanted you and that He will never allow anymore than we can bear. That He gives us the strength to walk as we stay focused on Him.
Remember that you too are in the hollow of His Hand, the nail scarred Hand of His Son!
Till later,
Paul