As Danny left early one morning for work I noticed a small
brown smudge on the storm door. As we
prayed for one another at the door and he walked out he turned and bent down to
inspect the smudge. Turns out it was a
little snail! An amazing little creature of God’s earth climbing on the clear
glass. He was not afraid nor was he stopping.
He was a living animal, created by God’s pleasure to do what only a
snail can do.
We are a lot like that little snail. At times other people
we encounter seem only like a smudge. We give little thought to them or their
lives. They seem so small to us, so insignificant, so useless. At times we
appear as only a smudge. I mean really, we feel useless don’t we? We see
ourselves as little slugs with a shell we can recoil into when life gets rough and
we tend to recoil a lot. Sometimes people pronounce us as slugs. We are useless
to them. We have become just a smudge on their horizon and in their view we are
in the way. We may be flicked away like so much dirt. We may have flicked others away like such a
nuisance.
God speaks to my heart:
Things will happen. Little dots of trouble, trials, nuisances will show
up in your view along the way. It is only upon closer inspection that you will
find My purpose in that smudge. While
you just want to flick your trials away, I want to use them to further My glory
in you. While you too may feel like a
snail on glass, you are actually a beautiful creation meant for My purpose
alone and I have you steady in My hand as you travel My plan for your life. And
even if you are flicked away by people or circumstances, I will not let you be
crushed! You will not lose your strength or your covering for I AM your all in
all. Every single time you feel
humiliated, harassed or rejected, I AM growing you to be more like Me, so that
I can use you in even greater capacity.
Oh beloved, Trust God! Rejoice in what He says about you!
Rest in His promises! And thank Him that
you are more than because He is a More Than God! All things are in His hands, including you
and your life and your calling. Don’t despair but look into the Lord’s
wonderful face, where the things of earth grow strangely dim in the light of
His glory and grace!
God loves you, and He’s for you and that’s enough to give
you purpose and peace.
Isaiah 25:1 O Lord, I will
honor and praise Your name, for You are my God. You
do such wonderful things! You planned them long ago, and now You have
accomplished them.
Psalm 57:2 I cry out
to God Most High, to God who will fulfill His purpose for me.
Psalm 70:4 But may all who search for You be filled with joy
and gladness in You. May those who love Your salvation repeatedly shout, “God
is great!”
Psalm 138:8 The Lord will work out His plans for my life—
for Your faithful love, O Lord, endures forever. Don’t abandon me, for You made
me.
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