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“It’s perfectly normal and okay to feel afraid and confused and stationary.”

A thought by Bob Goff from his book, Everybody, Always: Becoming Love in a World Full of Setbacks and Difficult People (p. 138). Thomas Nelson. Kindle Edition. (Click on the book title to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.) 

And each one of us has experienced times where we have felt confused and stationary, haven't we?

Bob goes on, “We shouldn’t be surprised when we don’t understand what a God who says He surpasses all understanding is doing. God doesn’t want us to get stuck scratching our heads or overanalyzing our circumstances.  He doesn’t send in all the plays to get us out of our funk and He doesn’t carpet-bomb us with instructions about what to do next.  Instead, He continues to be with us.  He’s not entirely silent when He is either.  He’s sent us books about Him and has included a lot of letters, and He’s sent us friends too.  He’s given us success and failures – plenty of both.”

Bob says, “When we dream up something where the outcome seems uncertain and we don’t hear God’s voice, what if God isn’t saying anything to us because He’s already said it?”

I was reading today in the Old Testament book of Exodus about how God took His people out of a very difficult situation.  They were slaves in Egypt.  I listened as I was walking today to a sermon by Pastor Steven Furtick of how Jesus sent His disciples into a storm and then how He saved them, and He did save them.  I can go back in my life and see where over and over God took care of me through some very difficult situations.  I’ve had friends who shared with me lessons they have learned.

Bob says, “I can picture God, sitting beside each one of us not confused or afraid, but confident we have all the information we need.  We may not have had experience with the circumstances we’re presently facing but He’s allowed us to experience a lifetime of other things to prepare us for what is coming next.

He also says, “Sometimes God is confidently quiet.  He doesn’t give us more explanations.  He knows we don’t need more words of instruction.  The moment we take a tiny shuffle forward, what God is really thinking is this:  I love you.  You’ve got this.  You know enough.”

And you can be confident too.  Will you believe that you’ve got this, that you know enough and that He loves you? 


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