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God, My Strength

"Let us not grow weary in doing good, for at the proper time,
we will reap a harvest if we do not give up." Galatians 6:9

This year is coming to a close. Christmas is only two weeks away. The New Year, 2010 is upon us. I have been reflecting on my journey with God in 2009.

Only God knows when the time is ready for the harvest, when the fruit He is producing in us is fully complete and ripe. He makes all things beautiful in His time."

I've worked as a front line social worker for just over seven years now. It's a highly emotive job. It is demanding. You work with some of the most neediest people in the community. Outside of my work, I also assist people in our community in finding solutions to their problems. It is a natural impulse to run toward the needs. Paul says in (Ephesians. 3:20) that "...it is God who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine."

I know what it's like to crash and burn. Physically, emotionally and spiritually, I have had to "lie down" take time out to look after myself. Through prayer and study of God's Word, I have gained the much-needed strength.

As follows, I have also identified how desperate I am for God:
  • To run to the Source of my strength.
  • To pour myself out at His feet - humbly.
  • Pour out everything I treasure - pride, gifts, talents, ambitions, ministry.
  • Recognize - Jesus is the Living Water, not me.
  • I don't have to worry about running dry, because He said, "Whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed the water I give him will become in him a spring of water welling up into eternal life" (John 4:14).
  • Drink until you become the spring.
  • "Spring up O well! (Numbers 21:17)
  • Drink in His presence until you overflow.
  • "I lift up my eyes unto the hills-where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of Heaven and earth" (Psalm 121:1-2).
  • He is Emmanuel, God with us.
  • Jesus promised: "I am with you always" (Matthew 28:20).
Praise God! Our Covenant-keeping-God. He is the same yesterday, today and forever...

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