“You are my hiding place; you will protect me from trouble and surround me with songs of deliverance.” – Psa 32:7
Just a few more days before my last day at work after almost 15 years. Not sure what I’m going to do next. There use to be a time when I would be absolutely sick with anxiety over being jobless and without a plan, especially my husband and I both being jobless and without a plan together at the same time; but although I am sad and a bit nervous at times, there is a strong indescribable steady peace in my heart. Every time I look down instead of seeing my circumstances and how far we could fall, all I can see are God’s promises solid and firm beneath us. So many sparkling promises that I am blinded by them. I can’t see all the “what if’s” that lay beyond them because God’s promises continually stand before me and block my vision of tomorrow. I can’t entertain my worries because they are interrupted by God’s promises of his faithfulness invading my thoughts and eradicating them. Last Monday, I thought I was walking off a plank by turning in my resignation in without another job to go to already lined up. It’s something I’ve always been taught to never do! But I’ve never stood on more solid ground then when I stepped out of my comfort zone to stand on faith alone. Psa 32:7 keeps popping up in sermons, bible reading and in my devotionals like little love notes from the Lord hidden along my daily path for me to “accidentally” run across and find throughout the week to strengthen and encourage me that I’m going the right way even though it feels like the wrong way and is much bumpier then I like. Through these hidden little love messages God’s promises truly surround me, stand before me and beneath me. I am truly surrounded by songs and shouts of deliverance every day. I don’t see it yet… would really, really like to see it…but I can hear the shouts! The Lord’s help is just over the horizon.
I lift up my eyes to the hills.
From where does my help come?
My help comes from the Lord,
who made heaven and earth.
– Psalm. 121:1-2
