It has been a month since my last post. I have been going through a lot lately, so much as to feel that I don’t have the strength to go on. Ephesians 6:12 says, “We wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.” I guess that the enemy would like to take me out. ” Therefore I will look unto the Lord; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me. Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy:when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light unto me” (Micah7:7-8) .
Sometimes we all sit in darkness, not understanding why we experience some of the things that we go through in this life. It is such a comfort to know that when I cry out, He hears me, so I will wait. Jonah said (Jonah 2:2), “I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the Lord, and He heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heard-est my voice. This kind of faith does not come easy. It is born through many trials. It is true, “you can’t have a testimony without a test”.
It seems like the mind-set of a hard childhood set me out on a road that lead to destruction. It was like a snow-ball effect. I made one mistake after another. This disastrous path combined with the depression that I carried, even from childhood were a bad mix. The enemy has tried to take me out several times. I know that this is true, because God said it through tongues and interpretation. ” the enemy has tried to take you out several times, but I intervened on your behalf, and I will do it again.” Some of the most powerful words that God spoke over me were, ” The enemy has spoken death over you, but I Speak life.” I know that He loves me. He loves me to the extent that if I am being hurt, not only will He intervene on my behalf, but He will get so angry, that He will thunder loud enough to shake the whole earth! You could rightly call me a Daddy’s girl.
In my flesh I feel as though I am a vase that has been broken and glued back together so many times that my purpose is limited. I can sit on a shelf and hold artificial flowers, but I can’t hold water. In my spirit, I soar when I read the 18th Psalm. Verse 19 says, ” He brought me forth also into a large place; He delivered me because He delighted in me,” (I am free from the past now). For by thee I have run through a troop (plowed through a troop); and by my God have I leaped over a wall. It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect (32). He maketh my feet like hinds’ feet, and setteth me upon my high places (33) ( He equips me to climb the mountains and reach the high places). Though hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip (36). He even widened the path under my feet, so I would no fall!
Many years ago I was living a quiet, and peaceful lifestyle. Life was not perfect, but God had provided a peaceful environment for me to live in. In the process of trying to help someone that I love, who was battling an alcohol addiction, my peaceful atmosphere turned into a place of abuse. Before I knew it, I was living in retreat, in the back bedroom.
I will never forget the day that I had gone into retreat, when all at once, and out of nowhere, it thundered so loud that it felt like the whole earth was shaking! I looked upward and said out-loud, “God, are you angry“. I can’t explain it, it just felt like that. John 10:16 says, “My sheep hear my voice, I know them, and they follow me“.
I also remember how excited I was when I testified at church about how that God had confirmed this to me in His word. 2 Samuel 22:8, ” Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because He was wroth.” Verse 14 goes on to say, “ The Lord thundered from heaven, and the most high uttered his voice.”
Those are words of praise from King David, (“a man after God’s own heart”). They can also be found in the 18th Psalm. they were written after God had given David the victory, not only over Goliath, but all of his enemies, including the Philistines and Saul.
As time passed, I began to notice that there are many places in the Bible that refer to God speaking with the sound of thunder. In Exodus 9:22, the Lord sent hail and thunder upon the land of Egypt. Exodus 19:16-18 speaks of God coming down to mount Sinai. There were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the sound of the trumpet was so loud that all of the people in the camp trembled. The whole mountain shook and quaked. Revelation 14:1-2 also speaks of a voice of great thunder. These are just a few of the scriptures where thunder is mentioned, but in summary of these, I think it is more than right to say that, “Our God is a God of Thunder!”
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Oh Robin Fantastic keep it up
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Robin, that is amazing! Such a beautiful word full of truth. Thank you so much for sharing!
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