He knoweth the way the I take

“But He knoweth the way that I take; when He hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.” – Job 23:10  

   He knows the way that I take. Some may just be meandering through life, but God knows the way that you take. Isaiah 46:10 says that He is “Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done…” He is the alpha and the omega, the beginning and the end. He sees you as you will be, not as you are now! Think of that! How exciting. Someone so loving and so merciful, who sees what we can be! In First Samuel 16:7 it says “…for the Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart.” He looks at our intentions, our desires, our cares and our worries, the good and the bad, and He sees us as we will be when He is finished with us! Hallelujah! Praise God that He looks right past all of our faults and problems! 

   We have all heard the saying, “Everything happens for a reason.” Well, in many cases, that is absolutely true. Everything God is doing he is doing for your GOOD.  In Romans 8:28 it says “And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according His purpose.” That word “all” in the greek means “all or whole” and the word “called” means “invited or appointed.” God most certainly invited you! You are invited! He wants you there! Your not just another person wandering about, He counted the cost and sent His son for you! We need to realize, if you were the only one that was going to be saved, God still would have sent His son. He love us that much. So if you are the called, the invited, which you are, then that means ALL THINGS, say that out loud, ALL THINGS, work together for YOUR GOOD!  Not just the good things, ALL THINGS, GOOD AND BAD. Take the story of Joseph for example, He was despised of his brothers, sold into slavery, believed to be dead, accused of rape, imprisoned, eventually brought out and there he stood, before the very people that had sold him into slavery in the first place, his own brothers, and what did he say, watch this with me now in Genesis 50:19-20 “And Joseph said unto them, Fear not: for am I in the place of God? But as for you, ye thought evil against me, BUT… GOD MEANT IT FOR GOOD!, to bring tp pass, as it is this day, to SAVE MUCH PEOPLE ALIVE.” First of all He acknowledges that he was were he was because of the plan and grace and sovereignty of God, second, he realizes; they meant it for harm, but God purposed it for good. Because of Joseph’s interpretation of pharoah’s dream, pharoah stored up a lot of food in the store house and when the famine came, that food saved the then known earth from starvation and death. Do think joseph knew what was happening when He was being sold into slavery or thrown into prison? No, he was probably saying, “Why me God” “Those people over there have it so much better than me”, just complainin’ away. The point is that He knows the way that you take! and He means it for good and not for evil. In Jeremiah 29:11 it says “For I know the thoughts that I think towards you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.”

   He is working all things together for our good. To give us an expected end. The dealings of God, all of the things we go through. The things you thought that nothing good could come of, God is working them all together to bring about an expected end, to bring about His will for your life and for my life. SO REJOICE! Ask for the strength to carry on if you need it, but rejoice! He is giving us an expected end. What our expected end is, is another story for another time, but I just want to encourage anyone reading this, if you are going through a tough time. Our precious loving Father knows every tear. Every hair on your head. Every grievance, not matter how minuscule. Don’t be discouraged or depressed, HE LOVES YOU. He loves you enough to take care for every tiny detail of your life. He is going to help you, He is going to see you through. The bible says in Deuteronomy 32:9 “For the Lord’s portion is His people;” Out of all of time! Out of all of existence! All the Lord our God gets from this whole deal, from who knows how many millions of years is YOU. You are HIS PORTION! You are all He thinks about! All He is longing for! Listen to me now, He LOVES YOU! There in no length He would not go too to put your over, to make sure you make it! To make sure that you fulfill all that He has for you. All you have to do, is love Him back. Run after Him with all your heart, soul and might. Deuteronomy 6:5 “And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.”   

   Finally, I just feel to say that I am no body. I have issues just like you. I share what is on my heart in hope of edifying and encouraging whoever reads. Be blessed.

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