I stretch out my hands to you; my soul thirsts
for you like a parched land.
Psalm 143:6 (ESV)
S
ometimes trusting God means eat-
ing breakfast. It can be as simple as
getting up and changing out of your
pajamas. There are days when things
seem so bleak, so unbearable, so hopeless
that trusting God means meditating on His
Word while staring at the pitch black hori-
zon, looking for the sunrise that should have
been there hours ago.
Who would have thought life could
be this painful? That things could go from
bad to worse and then get harder yet? But
sometimes this is where we find ourselves.
Overhearing our own voice muttering to
God, “I feel so alone.” But in this wasteland
His hand is still on mine, softly reminding
me that what I see is only a shadow and the
sun is yet to come. He draws my heart back
to the wilderness where I wandered years
ago, “Did I not carry you there?” Yes, He
did. He carried me through that desert, ever
so gently, like a father bears His child in
His arms. And so, in this new parched land,
He entreats me not to be afraid or in dread
because He will go before me once again.
As in years past, He will be my closest
companion. He will personally fight on my
behalf. Will I believe Him? Will I trust that
He seeks out a place before me to find rest?
That He leads me both night and day? That
He is faithful and will show me which way
I should go? Truly, as I cry out to Him, my
God will be my strength. And I will find
refuge in Him.
Then I said to you, ‘Do not be in dread or
afraid of them. The Lord your God who goes
before you will himself fight for you, just as he
did for you in Egypt before your eyes, and in the
wilderness, where you have seen how the Lord
your God carried you, as a man carries his son,
all the way that you went until you came to this
place.’ Deuteronomy
1:29-31 (ESV)
You are my blessed home, “where I can
enter and be at rest even when all around and
above is a sea of trouble” (Andrew Murray qtd in
Myers) Myers, Ruth, and Warren Myers. 31
Days of Praise Enjoying God Anew. Mult-
nomah Publishers, 1994.
Juliane Wiebracht is a homemaker in Longview,
TX who shares God’s love with women who are
incarcerated.
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