In the Chaos, Surrender All

     His grace is sufficient for me and His power is made perfect in my weakness.  These are the promises I have been holding on to during the last week.  It has been a long time since I felt so spiritually attacked. My mind has been the biggest mess, the largest battle was fought there and now there are things everywhere.

     But what I have learned during this is that surrendering is the key to winning the battle. I know it doesn’t sound like a very strategic plan, but in the mist of this battle it was my only option. The Lord is so great, so powerful and strong.  When I say surrender I don’t mean surrender to the enemy you are fighting, but surrender to the Lord.  Surrender all control.  In your power the battle will never be won. But in His power the battle is already won.

     I don’t know why we have to go through the things we go through, but if we didn’t go through the hard times we wouldn’t need God and we wouldn’t grow. In the mist of all the overwhelming chaos, God is there, willing and able to take it all. We don’t need to feel trapped, lost or confused. God is there. Mightier than all the chaos, bigger than your storm.  Surrendering all to Him will bring the most beautiful freedom you will ever experience.

You Are Faithful

 

     Wow.  A week ago I got on a plane and headed to Costa Rica again with only a couple dollars in my pocket and not a penny in the bank. Sometimes I look at my life and I ask myself what I am doing? I’ve done quite a lot of things in the last year.  But I think this has topped everything I have ever done.

     The risk was high.  The fear was so intense I didn’t think I was going to let my dad leave me in the airport. And all I had to hang on to during that time was the truth of God that He is faithful and that I felt He was leading me to do this school of worship in Costa Rica.

     This past week hasn’t been easy.  It’s been a battle every day to choose not to listen to the lies of the enemy that tell me I am in the wrong place and that it’s impossible to  get the money for this school now that I am in Costa Rica. But after this week I know for sure that this is where God wants me. Although I still don’t have all the money for this school I have some of it.  More of it then I thought I would at this point.  The Lord is faithful and I know with my whole heart that the rest of the money is coming and that the Lord isn’t going to abandon me while I am here.

     Here is a song that really spoke to my heart this week and was an excellent reminder of the Lords faithfulness!

Standing on this mountaintop

Looking just how far we’ve come

Knowing that for every step

You were with us

Kneeling on this battle ground

Seeing just how much You’ve done

Knowing every victory

Was Your power in us

Scars and struggles on the way

But with joy our hearts can say

Yes, our hearts can say

Never once did we ever walk alone

Never once did You leave us on our own

You are faithful, God, You are faithful