good early evening my lovely friends. I pray that where we all are today that we have enjoyed the day that was given to us by God. I pray that we all take the time to thank Him for allowing us to be a part of His wonderful creation today.
oh, I know there's lots going on that maybe we should think about, lots of stuff designed by the devil himself just to distract us. but you know what, we need to think more about how God can intervene in all the messes we find ourselves in. He can clean them up, we can't. we have removed God from so many places in our lives, but we can bring Him back to those places.
it's up to us Christians to make sure that we bring the presence of God with us where ever we go. we just have to. we stand up with Jesus on our side. one of the things that we need to do is look for the "but God" moments in scripture. we need to look for them, find them, and read them, and read them, and read them. get familiar with them. then, when face adversity, illness, or whatever we may be facing, we'll know that we can count on God to be with us.
at some point in time we can look back on our situation and know that, "but God" changed our situation for the good. what will it look like? only God knows. you may still suffer the loss of a loved one, but God will help you thru it. no matter what the situation, God will help us thru it.
use the scriptures below as a starting place to get familiar with some of the "but God" moments in scripture. these are in no particular order. just read them and lean into them during times when you need an intervention with a "but God" moment.
Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
1 Corinthians 10:13 No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able . . .1 Corinthians 3:6 I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the increase.
Acts 13:29-30 When they had carried out all that was written about him, they took him down from the cross and laid him in a tomb. But God raised him from the dead . . .
Matthew 19:26 Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.
Psalm 73:26 My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
Genesis 50:20 You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.
Jonah 2:6 To the roots of the mountains I sank down; the earth beneath barred me in forever. But you, LORD my God, brought my life up from the pit.
Acts 3:15 You killed the author of life, but God raised him from the dead.
Acts 7:9-10 Because the patriarchs were jealous of Joseph, they sold him as a slave into Egypt. But God was with him and rescued him from all his troubles.
Romans 5:6-8 For while we were still helpless, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. For one will hardly die for a righteous man; though perhaps for the good man someone would dare even to die. But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
1 Samuel 23:14 David stayed in the desert strongholds and in the hills of the Desert of Ziph. Day after day Saul searched for him, but God did not give David into his hands.
Genesis 8:1 But God remembered Noah and all the wild animals and the livestock that were with him in the ark, and he sent a wind over the earth, and the waters receded.
Ephesians 2:4-7 But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved— and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.
2 Timothy 2:19 But God’s firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: ‘The “Lord knows those who are his,’ and ‘Let everyone who names the name of the Lord depart from iniquity’.
2 Chronicles 20:15 And he said, “Listen, all you of Judah and you inhabitants of Jerusalem, and you, King Jehoshaphat! Thus says the Lord to you: ‘Do not be afraid nor dismayed because of this great multitude, for the battle is not yours, but God’s.
Romans 5:8 But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
1 Corinthians 1:27 But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.
Job 28:23 But God understands the way to wisdom, and he knows its location.
Psalm 66:19 But God did listen and answered my prayer.
Psalm 49:15 But God will redeem me from the realm of the dead; He will surely take me to Himself.
Psalm 86:15 But you, Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness.
This is just a few of the "....but God" moments in scripture. there are many more there for the finding. kinda like searching for pearls, and knowing the great pearls are there. treat these "but God" moments just like they are a treasure, because they are. these are the times when you know you can trust Him. He is always faithful. He will always see us thru our darkest time. I don't know what it will be like for you or me on the other side of your/our circumstances, I just know that if we know Him, we'll not ever be alone.
These verses tell us that our circumstances DO NOT get the last word!!!!!
The enemy DOES NOT get the last word!!!!!
Death and disease DO NOT get the last word!!!!!
Because there is always, always, always a but God!!!!!
