A Perfect Purpose

Beloved,

 But I have spared you for a purpose – to show you my power and to spread my fame throughout the earth.

 -King of kings.

(Exodus 9:16)




Do you think that all powerful God has so show us mercy to show His power? Of course He doesn't! There are many ways to show power without mercy and grace. We are but specs of dust at His feet, why does show his power for fame with mercy and grace?


We have all experienced darkness in our lives in one form or another. Some of us are in the midst of it right now.  You might wonder, how can I be a Christian who loves the Lord, and feel depression and despair? Don’t beat yourself up....we didn't  choose Christ because we are above doing wrong, human emotions and reactions, but because we desperately need Him, because our human nature cannot rise above all of those things.....it is God IN us that gets us past these things.  So you might ask, how I know this?


Once upon a time, there was a woman who loved the Lord to pieces, but she was constantly fighting off sadness and disappointment. One day, the sadness seemed to consume her so intensely, that she thought she might die from the heartache. It got so bad, that she stopped working, cooking, cleaning, food shopping, getting out of bed.....everything. She woke up every morning and asked "God, please help me get out of bed, help me go to work, help me clean my house". She lay in her bed and sometimes on the floor and wept all day long, feeling guilty for her failures, and consumed with sadness. This went on for weeks, she stopped going to church, lost her job, her friends, and began to receive eviction notices on her apartment door.

She waited for someone to notice that she was missing and come and rescue her, and one or two did notice, but they did their duty of saying some kind  words, and moved on with their own lives. Some people were just not able to withstand the sadness and had to step away from it. She continued to cry out to her Father every single day; She would say, “God, I know you won’t leave me here. I still love you.....when, will this end?”


Her sovereign God honored that glimmer of hope she had in Him and in His perfect way and perfect timing, His body began to move and reach out for her.  In response, she desperately tried to move herself out of bed, but because she had no strength left, she fell every time she tried. But guess who had strength? God, the HOPE glory, the HOPE of nations. His tenacious Love, never gave up on her. I wonder, while she was waiting  for Him, was He waiting for her to stop trying by her own strength?


She had no way or no one to pull her out, her only choice was to take her own life, or cry out to her Father. Just when she thought she could not bare the sadness any more, He woke her up, and His strength gently carried her out of bed. She knew her Father would rescue her, but when her knight in shining armor showed Himself, she could hardly believe it. Not only did he get her out of bed, but He brought her to churches, to teach bible studies, he gave her a voice, and even gave her a job that required a college education even though she didn’t have one. He lit a path and ordered her steps......He breathed life into the spec of dust at His feet, and selected her for His purpose with love, mercy and grace. He set her apart, purified her, made her holy onto Him. In other words, He picked her up, brushed her off, and showed her His glory.


Now, she knows that she doesn’t have to worry about being strong, she doesn’t have to worry about how, what, when, and where.....the peace that surpasses all understanding took over. She knows who her God is, that He will never leave her nor forsake her, that His ways are higher, that His love casts out fear, and that all things are possible because of Him. And that wherever she is, He is there right next to her. He has revealed His power and glory, and has spared her yet again. There is no place too dark or so despaired that will take that away from her EVER. And she would never take back that season of darkness, even if she could.....it was well worth it......just for a glimpse of His face.



I will spread your famous love around the earth all the days of my life.
You brought me here for such a time as this.
I want all of the world to know how I so desperately love my almighty God.
This is the new song of my heart.