“Somehow God just ties a knot and I hang on.” That was something a dear friend said to me yesterday. A great visual. It inspired me. I think about those words and how they clearly, yet so simply ring true. How many of us can say Amen to that statement? I think we all can…
When we’ve done all that we can do… when we’ve exhausted all of our efforts… when we get tired and weary… when our flesh and our emotions scream “Enough is enough!,” is usually when God steps in and ties that knot, and all He wants us to do in return is cling tighter and tighter. Allow me to just speak to you from my heart. It doesn’t matter what kind of distress or anguish may be gripping your heart now. Please consider this – suffering is redemptive. Miraculous healing is redemptive. Accepting both requires walking a tension between eager expectation and the reality of every day. As a result, we are drawn into seeking God for who He is on His terms, not on our own, and that glorifies God, which is the point of it all. Proverbs tell us that the godly may fall, but we get back up every time – and it has nothing to do with our strength…
“It is not by force nor by strength, but by My Spirit.” Zechariah 4: 6
So I don’t know how He ties that knot, He just does. Will you say these beautiful words with me…
“The Lord is my Shepherd: I shall not want
He makes me to lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside the still waters.
He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for His name sake.
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil;
For you are with me. Your rod and staff, they comfort me.
You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil. My cup runneth over.
Surely, goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life.
And I shall dwell in the house of the LORD forever.”
Psalm 23