The Throne

It’s a beautiful thing when I realize freshly that God is the same… yesterday, today and FOREVER. This is a simple truth that I often look past or don’t fully grasp! The God who MADE the Universe is the same God that I get to speak to. He’s the same God who knit me together in my mother’s womb and He is the God who heals the sick and raises the dead. He’s the same God who told Peter to walk to Him on the sea, and He is the same God who overwhelms me in moments to the point of tears. He’s the same God who named the stars and separated the Red Sea when Moses raised his staff. That SAME God guides and directs and counsels me. He’s the same God who designed laughter and colored in the butterfly. He’s the same God who loves me so much to make a way to be with me forever.

When I contemplate the vast array of WHO God is… I wonder why I would question. I wonder why I would doubt. I wonder why I would ever consider Him unable or inadequate in comparison to the menial things I am going through.

We often consider the “Promises of God” to be the ultimate. I have to say that the promises of God are VERY important and they are treasures that He entrusts us with! BUT there is sometimes a fine line of trusting in the “promise” more than trusting in the PROMISER.

Abraham was tested in this. God asked him to kill the son that God Himself had promised to him. I can imagine Abraham was very confused and did not understand why God would ever ask him to destroy the very center of God’s promise to him. But what God knew (because HE sees our hearts) was that Abraham was loving the fulfillment of the promise more than the One who was faithful in fulfilling it.

It is a fine line.

I believe that God wants us to FULLY enjoy each and every moment of life on this planet AND to receive and celebrate and soak in the GIFTS of promise He entrusts to us.

The fine line comes when we begin to drift our gaze toward the gift rather than the giver.

God’s love is jealous for me. He wants to have the SOLE occupancy of the throne in my heart.