HE SAW ME IN THE STORM

 He saw me where I was. 

I was headed to the lions den running a race back and forth with no purpose or meanings. I was lost and ready to give up. But there was a storm. A storm I wasn’t expecting nor ready to face. When the storm raged, I wasn’t where I needed to be. In Mark 4, there is a parable of a sower. Some seeds fell along the path and the birds ate it. The next seeds that came alone fell into the rocky ground, and as it got hot, it withered. Another set of seeds fell into the thorns and as they grew together, and the thorns overtook the plants growing. The last set of seeds grew into fertile ground and grew and produced more that the seeds were worth.  For a while, I was the seeds that fell along the thorns. I was doing great, growing until then I wasn’t. I know plenty of you have felt that way. And that’s okay. You choke under the pressure. I was like that a lot. Worried about what people thought about me for following God. So I would hold off and distance myself from Him so I would seem a little less like a “Jesus freak”. In that time of me pulling away, the storm came. I know how other people try to label me. And it matters. I care what people think about me. I know that how I label myself and I do a half job of it because I could care less about myself as long as others are taken care of. But we fail to realize that what God labels us is what matters the most. He had labeled me as his own. Of course he didn’t stop the storm from raging. It had to run its course, so of course he allowed it. Just like any kind of rain, it helps the garden grow. God saw a prevision in the storm. Even though I had taken a step back, the devil knew God still had something for me. Thieves don’t break into an empty house. Inside that house here is something valuable that they want. The devil is the thief. He didn’t want me to become who God has for me. He saw a full house of God within me and wanted to take it. The  devil  huffed and he puffed and he tried to break my house down. You can be made of straws and sticks and it’ll fall down before you just like the big bad wolf  did to those 3 little pigs. Build yourself a firm foundation and if you can’t, he sees you where you are and he picks up the slack that so you don’t do it  alone. But that’s only if you allow him to help. You can’t expect it without inviting him into your life. Even if you don’t know the purpose you have for your life, he does. Take the road less  traveled.

 

You wouldn’t still be here if your journey was over.