Believing

Sometimes life just doesn't go the way you want it to. God just brings you to the point of not being able to help Him out with things and you are forced to sit back and let Him do whatever is going to be done. Trust. Faith. Believing. He alone is my hope! All that I am is because of the work that HE has done in my life, and it probably looked pretty hopeless to a lot of people watching. When mom was dying, my sister said she wanted to just go hide in the closet and pull all the clothes over her so she couldn't be found. Of course we laughed about it, but we both completely understood. That has become our description of things being really bad! Just hide, don't face it or anyone. I did go to college group last night and I tried to hide in the closet while among a group of 150. I went because in my head, I know my God is the only answer right now, and I needed to be there, to worship Him. The songs had words like..."You are my hope" and "I will stand, I will surrender, I will worship YOU". That's what I needed to hear and to offer to my Lord. I love going through my Bible and seeing the dates written in where a particular scripture came to life for me. Romans 4:18-21 became part of the foundation of who I am during my first Believing God study. Abraham. Against ALL hope, Abraham in hope BELIEVED.....Job 19:25-27. Job KNEW that his Redeemer lived, and he WAS going to be reunited with Him! 2 Timothy 1:12. Timothy KNEW who he believed in. I love the quote from Beth Moore that is on my kitchen counter. "A powerful motivation for believing God in our present is intentionally remembering how He's worked in our past." I know He IS at work, and I am trusting Him!