Sharing photos by Steven and Darlene Faucette of God's Natural World. We miss so much that God has to tell us about Him and about our relationship with Him by not taking time to really look at this beautiful world He has given us to enjoy. I hope this blog will inspire you to explore nature up close and be reminded of how God loves you so much for you are the pinnacle of His creation!
Friday, July 6, 2012
God's Natural World: Where can you go to escape?
God's Natural World: Where can you go to escape?: Have there been times in your life where you just wanted to escape from everything? Well I have! Sometimes the pressures and stresses of e...
Where can you go to escape?
Have there been times in your life where you just wanted to escape from everything?
Well I have! Sometimes the pressures and stresses of every day living just get to you and you find yourself wanting to get away from it all. At times I've thought "If I could just move to another town or place where no one knows me and get a fresh start on life...."
But then I remember that even if I could do such a thing that I'd still have "me" there.
The late motivational speaker Zig Ziglar once said "No matter where you go, there you are."
You can change your surroundings, your friends and even your job but you can't change who you are down deep inside.
I was reading Psalm 139 this morning and felt like I just needed to share it with someone. Maybe today you're wanting to fresh start on life. Maybe you'd like to get away from everything, even God!
No rules to follow, no boundaries, no failures.
Psalm 139 is a song that King David wrote. Perhaps it will change your perspective. Quoted below is verses 1-10. I challenge you to read the whole song.
O Lord, you have searched me and you know me.
You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar.
You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways.
Before a word is on my tongue you know it completely, O Lord.
You hem me in -behind and before; you have laid your hand upon me.
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.
Where can I go from your Spirit?
Where can I flee from your presence?
If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there too.
If I rise on the wings of the dawn, or if I settle onthe far side of the sea,
even there your right hand will hold me fast.
God knows me better than I know myself. Now my parents know me pretty well and my wife and kids know me too. They know all my faults and weaknesses, my passions, and even my strengths. But God knows me even better than that! He made me in His image and since I have accepted his one and only Son Jesus as my Lord and Savior, His Holy Spirit lives in me and changes me to be more like Him. What you may consider to be a weakness, God can use to bless others and bring glory to Him! God knows what makes you tick. He knows you and loves you "warts and all."
Today, be honest with God. Confess your weaknesses and your shortcomings. Ask God to use you and to help you to overcome your inadequacies. Also ask God to use your strengths so that He may get the glory and honor.
There's no escaping yourself and there's no escaping God. You can't be too bad for God not to love you and there is no place you can go where He does not see you and can find you.
He knows you get anxious and long for change. Let Him do the changing and see what happens!!
VS 23-24 end this song with this thought..."Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there be any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting."
Today I challenge you to not run from your situation or to even try to run from God. Rather run TO Him, telling him all about it. You can't surprise him nor shock him for he already knows all about you. Remember that no matter where you go, not only will you still be there but so will God!!!
Well I have! Sometimes the pressures and stresses of every day living just get to you and you find yourself wanting to get away from it all. At times I've thought "If I could just move to another town or place where no one knows me and get a fresh start on life...."
But then I remember that even if I could do such a thing that I'd still have "me" there.
The late motivational speaker Zig Ziglar once said "No matter where you go, there you are."
You can change your surroundings, your friends and even your job but you can't change who you are down deep inside.
I was reading Psalm 139 this morning and felt like I just needed to share it with someone. Maybe today you're wanting to fresh start on life. Maybe you'd like to get away from everything, even God!
No rules to follow, no boundaries, no failures.
Psalm 139 is a song that King David wrote. Perhaps it will change your perspective. Quoted below is verses 1-10. I challenge you to read the whole song.
O Lord, you have searched me and you know me.
You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar.
You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways.
Before a word is on my tongue you know it completely, O Lord.
You hem me in -behind and before; you have laid your hand upon me.
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.
Where can I go from your Spirit?
Where can I flee from your presence?
If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there too.
If I rise on the wings of the dawn, or if I settle onthe far side of the sea,
even there your right hand will hold me fast.
God knows me better than I know myself. Now my parents know me pretty well and my wife and kids know me too. They know all my faults and weaknesses, my passions, and even my strengths. But God knows me even better than that! He made me in His image and since I have accepted his one and only Son Jesus as my Lord and Savior, His Holy Spirit lives in me and changes me to be more like Him. What you may consider to be a weakness, God can use to bless others and bring glory to Him! God knows what makes you tick. He knows you and loves you "warts and all."
Today, be honest with God. Confess your weaknesses and your shortcomings. Ask God to use you and to help you to overcome your inadequacies. Also ask God to use your strengths so that He may get the glory and honor.
There's no escaping yourself and there's no escaping God. You can't be too bad for God not to love you and there is no place you can go where He does not see you and can find you.
He knows you get anxious and long for change. Let Him do the changing and see what happens!!
VS 23-24 end this song with this thought..."Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there be any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting."
Today I challenge you to not run from your situation or to even try to run from God. Rather run TO Him, telling him all about it. You can't surprise him nor shock him for he already knows all about you. Remember that no matter where you go, not only will you still be there but so will God!!!
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