YOU Are All I Need... "Healer"

So this song came on in the middle of my work day.  It struck me a little differently than usual.  My family and I used to sing this song when we led praise and worship a few years back, and I always linked this song to physical healing.  Kinda makes sense... After-all, the song is called "Healer", but this particular day the Holy Spirit took me in a totally different direction...


"You Hold my every moment, You calm my raging sea, you walk with me through fire..." All of a sudden, I wasn't thinking about healing at all, but I was thinking about my life... How it hasn't gone the way I planned... How I felt like I walked through hot coals when I messed up a couple years ago... But I knew the whole time He was with me throughout my struggles.  I always had peace.

"I trust in YOU" This phrase has been an off and on struggle my entire life, but especially these past few years... Can I sing these words with honesty?  Do I really trust God?

"I believe You're my portion, I believe You're more than enough for me, Jesus you're all I need..."  Some days these statements are easier than others... I want Jesus to be all that I need...  On Sunday, during the worship, I envisioned a little girl running with all her might and jumping into her Heavenly Father's lap as He sat on His throne.  She was completely enveloped in His arms and disappeared in His loving embrace.

The little girl... was ME!

My biggest struggle as a single woman?  The desire for physical affection... I've been asking God recently how in the world He could satisfy my desires for a hug or a peck on the cheek... And when I felt like I couldn't go another day "alone", He hugged me!  I snuggled up in His lap!  How Awesome is that?!

"Nothing is impossible for You... Nothing is impossible..." Nothing is impossible with God.

"For nothing will be impossible with God." Luke 1:37 (NASB)
"I can do all things through Him who strengthens me." Philippians 4:13 (NASB)

"You hold my world in Your hands..." God has my life under control... I don't have to worry about it!  In fact, He tells me not to worry about it! (Matthew 6:25-34) "So do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." (Verse 34)

Don't worry! Trust God with your life now... That means past, present and future... He will do Awesome things for you, if you'll let Him. And remember: God may seem slow, but He is never late.

~S*

"Thy Will Be Done" Not My Plan

Recently a new song has been playing on the radio.  "Thy Will Be Done" by Hillary Scott.  The first time I heard this song, it stopped me in my tracks!  I felt like I could have written the song myself, because of how well I could apply it to the events of the past 365 days.  Please take a listen before I continue.






Verse one talks about listening to God, and following His direction, only to end up in a place of confusion and hurt. And you're standing there asking God WHY!?! What did I do wrong!!!!

Verse two talks about living in that time of confusion and trying to figure out what happened. And how amazingly Awesome God is. One of my favorite lines in verse two: "just trying to make sense of all your promises... Sometimes I've got to stop. Remember that You're God, and I... am... not..."  I have definitely been in that place this past year.

Then there's the verse: "Thy Will Be Done..."  Those words have been something I have uttered a million times to God throughout my life. As many times as I have asked God for a husband, I have always ended my prayers with "Not my will, but Yours be done".  Thoughts have entered my mind that this prayer is why I don't have a husband right now... But these little seeds of thought are not of God.  God has the best plan for my life.  Nothing I do or come up with could match God's BEST PLAN for me.

The bridge says, "I know you see me, I know you hear me Lord, Your plans are for me, goodness You have in store..."  I have a hard time driving when I sing the bridge, for I just want to close my eyes and worship.   This is the truth.  Jeremiah 29:11 says, "'For I know the plans I have for you,' says the Lord, 'Plans to prosper you, and not to harm you, plans to give you a future and hope.'" The enemy tries to whisper in our ear that God isn't listening to our prayers, that He doesn't care about this "little thing" in our life, He has more important things to "worry" about.  All of these are lies.  The Bible warns us in 1 Peter 5:8, "Be of sober spirit, be on the alert. Your adversary, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour." (NASB) The Bible also tells us in John 10:10 that, "The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I (Jesus) came that they may have life, and have it abundantly." (NASB)

Don't believe the devil's lies.  He has no authority anymore.  Jesus became our Redeemer when He died for us on the cross.  We don't have to believe the lie that satan is still in charge.  He's NOT.  Don't be afraid to listen to the Holy Spirit.  Don't be afraid to follow God's best plan for your life.  It will not look like the world. 1 John 2:15-17, "Do not love this world nor the things it offers you, for when you love the world, you do not have the love of the Father in you. For the world offers only a craving for physical pleasure, a craving for everything we see, and pride in our achievements and possessions. These are not from the Father, but are from this world. And this world is fading away, along with everything that people crave. But anyone who does what pleases God will live forever."  Notice that promise at the end: But anyone who does what pleases God will live forever."  That is what I want.  I want to please God.  

"Thy will be done, on earth as it is in Heaven." -- Matthew 6:9-13