The Lord is Faithful
Every time I am with the Lord, I am more convinced of His faithfulness than I was before. I am more convinced now than ever of His presence with each of us and His activity inside of us. His pursuit of us through the mess of our lives is relentless. His love for us that pushes through the depth of our sin is endless. His kindness towards us is more beautiful than anything else we experience. He is above and beyond any imagining of Him we can fathom.
The Lord has proven Himself faithful in my life and I pray you can identify the ways He is showing Himself faithful to you. He has made Himself evident and I am beyond thankful.
God has walked me through the restoration of my marriage. Through deep soul work He allowed us to identify areas of weakness that only He could redeem and restore. He allowed us healing and care in the most tender of ways that corrected our communication and our perspectives. He revealed His kindness to us and extended new mercies that we didn’t even know we needed. His intentional work in us was rarely easy but always worth the effort. He has opened our eyes to new parts of Him that soothed the parched places of us. He taught us how to fight for one another in word, deed, and prayer more than any other time in our lives. Our marriage will never be the same.
God has led me through betrayal in order to strengthen my dependence on Him. When my heart was broken by people I trusted it felt like I would never open myself up again. God has taught me otherwise. Through hurt by people I held dear, I have learned to hold Him most dear. He held my pain and taught me what I would never have learned otherwise. He allowed loose lips to pierce parts of my heart that needed more of Him in order to be unscathed by the arrows of man. He mended what needed mending and removed what needed to be removed. He toughened my skin to bare the hissing of hurtful words so that I would know more deeply the names by which He alone calls me. He has whispered “Beloved” over me and I will never bear any name that depicts less.
God has carried me through miscarriage and infertility to strip away every hope but Him. Through the loss of life and the closed door of growing our family, I have learned that there is no solid place to set my hope except the cross of Jesus Christ. He has taken the greatest desire of my heart and used it showcase His unending, unfailing, unrelenting love. In the depths of great sorrow, He has allowed me to experience the highest joy in His presence. He has taken my mourning, turned it into dancing, and removed from me every desire that could set itself up against His purpose and intention for my life. He has given me the gift of no agenda before Him but that His will be done in and through me.
God has sat with me in the quiet of my yearning and satisfied my soul. He has taken the quiet and still moments in the secret place to speak purpose and vision over my life like never before. He has quenched the driest of places in me and allowed streams of living water to flow. He has shown me the thorns of my flesh that remind me of my constant need for Him and His constant presence that revokes their power over me. He is allowing me to release everything but Him and hold only to the things He places in my presence today. He has given me fresh eyes to see and a new heart that beats. He has become my greatest satisfaction, my deepest yearning, and my heart’s sole desire.
He has walked with me. He has led me. He has carried me. He has sat with me.
He has, because He is.
He has made Himself known to me by being the “I Am” that I have always needed.
He has whispered and shouted and revealed signs and wonders to display the evidence of His faithfulness. He has said to me, “I Am the God who restores. I Am the God who strengthens. I Am the God of hope. I Am the God who satisfies.”
Whatever you need today, He is.
Whatever you find yourself longing for today, He is already with you to say, “I Am.”
The Lord is faithful to fulfill every desire, every longing, every need. He will do it in His way, in His time, and according to His will.
As His will comes to fruition in your life it may look different than you imagined, but it will never be less than the very best for you.
Will you allow Him to walk with you, lead you, carry you, and sit with you? As you reach out to Him inviting Him to be with you, He will whisper right back and say, “I Am.”
©The Lord is Faithful
Dani Hardy
February 5, 2021