Subject: Glorious Unfolding.... Steven Curtis Chapman
BRILLIANT, brilliant, MOVING, moving,!!!!! You miss this video it's your loss....
Sometimes the story of our life is never anything we thought it would be, and if anyone could right a song, and put a beautiful video to it, it would be this man. His little girl was accidently killed by his son.
"So let us remember this life we're living is just the beginning of the beginning." Our lives are truly a "glorious unfolding." We have the here and now, all that will happen in-between, and then the end to eternal life IN THE PRESENCE of our God. We must learn to "dwell" with God in the in-between to understand that He is protecting us for eternity. So hold onto your faith, because the now of life is a ride with a glorious unfolding.
Can you imagine your older child running to you telling you he just hit his little sister with the car? Or getting a phone call telling you the test results are in and you have terminal cancer. How about getting a phone call that your daughter was in a serious car wreck and didn't make it. How would you handle news like this? None of us are ever ready for devastating news, and just because we are Christians doesn't mean we will have a trouble free life.
I know that God is an "ever present help in times of trouble" because Psalm 46: 1 tells me that. But why would I even have trouble if Psalm 91 says the total opposite? It seems to tell me that I am protected from all the bad stuff in life. But yet things seem to be getting worse. Health failing of a loved one, cancer getting worse, family issues, nothing is going as this Psalm promising. When I look at verse 11, I feel like saying, and I know God's shoulders are big enough, "God , Your angels aren't doing such a good job at guarding me or my family." But when I read the Psalm over and over, I realize, If I "dwell" in the shelter of the Most High," I will rest in His "shadow" in the in-between of this life He's chosen for me. I just have to keep the faith.
I am going to try and share just how this Psalm 91 speaks to me now. Look at the definition of "dwell"--To live or STAY as a permanent resident. WOW number 1. Look at the definition of "shadow"--A shape produced by a body. Wow number 2. I must dwell with Him now in the present because when trouble comes I can rest in His shadow. He is the BODY. WOW number 3!!I may not see God, but I know He's there!! Hebrews 11: 1. I think that's what God meant when in many scriptures He uses the word shadow. It takes faith to believe He is present in the in-between of this life the way things are going sometimes.
Then there will be the glorious eternal ending. Where it's not just God's presence. He will DWELL WITH US. Look at Revelations 21: 3-5 and get excited for what is to come, praise God! "Look! God's dwelling place is AMONG THE PEOPLE.... God Himself will be WITH THEM and be their God."
I will one day be removed from the pains of this life. So for now, I will "dwell" with Him in the "shadow" of His presence. I will touch His face, and kiss His feet one day. I rest in knowing this truth.
Thank you God for Your Living Word.
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Kim
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