Deep Waters

God has so many promises for His children. When i’m in trouble, I tend to search for those promises that tell me everything will be okay. But sometimes everything isn't “okay”. There is pain and suffering and sorrow in this world, and we are not always shielded from these things, even though the Almighty God of the Universe is our Father. Only God can answer the question “Why?” And sometimes it seems He is strangely silent. It says in Isaiah 55:8 that we cannot understand God’s ways--He looks at everything from a higher perspective.I have had moments of great joy in my life, when I have seen God do amazing things. I have also had times when I wondered, “Where are you, God?” For those times there is a special promise:

“When you go through deep waters, I will be with you.” Isaiah 43:2

Promise

From the Pit to the Palace

"So you have not received a spirit that makes you fearful slaves. Instead, you received God's Spirit when he adopted you as his own children. Now we call him, "Abba, Father." For his Spirit joins with our spirit to affirm that we are God's children. And since we are his children, we are his heirs. In fact, together with Christ we are heirs of God's glory." Romans 8:15-17

Imagine that! With my little faith the size of a mustard seed, God took me from being alone--a slave to fear and despair--to being His adopted child. I now call Him "Abba" or Daddy. If I am His child, that makes Jesus my brother--He and I are heirs of God's glory! My Father is the all-powerful, all-knowing, ever-present God of the Universe. He knows me and He knows my circumstances. He has promised to never leave me or forsake me. No more living in the pit--delivered from slavery to fear, false beliefs, and worries about the future. I am now a child of the King and my future includes living with Him in a mansion that Jesus Himself has prepared for me!

"In My Father's house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also." John 14:2-3