The Truth of the Storm

Have you ever found God leading you into a storm instead of around it?

Morning Reflection

I sit in the parking lot after dropping my husband off and do a morning reflection. I had started my morning thinking about how I could get more eyes on what I shared.

I paused. Breathed. And remembered the TRUTH:

• God is in control
• God provides the Victory
• My ONLY job is obedience to Him

As I wrote, the wind began to pick up. Lightning flashed. Just as I finished up and pulled away, the rain started.

I listen to my friend, Ingor, on the drive home. She obediently sends out an audio devotional every morning.

(not video – she hates video – and she has a video proving it).

She shared about how God is my home and how worry keeps me lost. I’m not walking in faith when I’m wallowing in worry.

When I trust God and take His hand, then He will lead me exactly where I need to go.

Into the Light

I turned onto the main road, and the sky lit up with the light. The storm flashed behind me. I could see it in the rearview mirror. Ahead of me, the LIGHT shone on a clear path. When traffic slowed down, the storm would catch up. As long as we kept moving forward, the storm stayed behind us.

I kept driving, and the storm kept coming. But I stayed ahead of it.

Until.

When was the last time God directed you to turn into the storm?

Dealing with Squalls

Yesterday, as I drove home, I saw a storm ahead of me. Instead of taking the normal path, I turned, avoiding the storm.

Today, I had to turn from the light to get home, and it led me directly into the storm. I thought at first that the storm was where I lived. But then I realized that’s what the world wants me to think. That’s the whisper of the enemy.

God’s truth says the storm may go over my home, but my home is not the storm.

I took a breath. I hummed. I slowed down. And I made it through without incident.

God had promised that victory is secured.

The Truth of the Storm

The last thing I do in my morning reflection is share how my day will be different.

My Reflection:

All I can do is all I can do. PERIOD. Not because I’m giving up or giving in. But because my ALL is all I have. And all the worry in the world won’t change it.”

I had started out the morning worrying about things I knew I couldn’t change. No matter what I did or how hard I tried, it wouldn’t change what was.

But God revealed to me through my friend, through my reflections, and through a storm that isn’t my home that I have to trust Him with the finished product.

I am called to listen to Him. Get in His Word – morning and night.

I am called to obey His Word. I need to be all in with Him and join Him in His work where He shows me and WHEN He shows me.

And I am called to trust. The rest is up to Him. And trust me, He’s got this!

Do you have a storm chasing you?

Or maybe you feel like Charlie Brown with a storm cloud on top of you everywhere you go.

Or maybe you’ve been convinced that if only you could or would do more, then the storms would fade.

Because when you find your way to give it away, then God can lead you to His Way that He had prepared all along.

P.S. Do you need a friend to ride with you through the storm into your Light? I’m here for you … to be your partner, to give an ear, or to cheer you on. How can I be an encouragement to you today?