A Love that Surrounds

I hope you all have made it through the storms okay lately. I feel like I've been in our bathroom every night this week.

Psalm 125
1They that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever.
2As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is round about his people from henceforth even for ever.
3For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity.
4Do good, O LORD, unto those that be good, and to them that are upright in their hearts.
5As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the LORD shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: but peace shall be upon Israel

God has us surrounded. His presence looms over you from every direction. Nothing can close in on you without closing in on Him first. God alone can be both the watchman and the wall. He has ou surrounded even when you don't want Him anywhere near you because of sin.

If you are in Christ. You cannot get rid of Him. You can NOT outrun or hide from Him. At no time is he inattentive; at no time have you caught him off guard.

God never promised to remove us from human , but for those of us who call Jesus Savior, the only difficulty we'll ever experience will be right here.

Okay can I just say that this is so encouraging to me because right now I'm just struggling with being content in the present. My boyfriend and I both are just so ready to get married, but we KNOW it isn't God's timing.. And as hard as that is to accept- it is what it is and He has our lives mapped out so carefully.

Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God. Acts 14:22

Never be discouraged when you go through trials- we go through them for a reason. And they're necessary to enter the kingdom of God because it teaches us to lean on Him and trust in Him completely.

God's delivering us from every ounce of trial will never develop the relationship that occurs when God shows himself faithful right in the midst of difficulty, delivering us through it. That's where we come to know Him, to love Him, to appreciate Him.

God keeps us safe from the prowling lion by encircling us with a crown of thorns.