A Respite from Striking the Stone

“Work out your salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you to will and to act according to His good purpose.”  Philippians 2:12-13

Working out my salvation is a moment by moment walk most days.  Romans 8:30 says "And those He predestined, He also called; those He called, He also justified; those He justified, He also glorified." So my eternal salvation is secure in Jesus Christ, however, some people apply the brakes here and finish the race with a limp.  I've been walking with a limp for the past several years.  Now that I'm learning to relinquish the wheel to God, I'm discovering that the saving part of grace is a continuous thread in my life journey.  I need saved from myself often because I am easily sidetracked, overwhelmed, and distracted. 

While I would like to blame outside events and situations for my actions, I honestly admit to complicating my own life to the point of wondering how Grace can even intervene.  That’s why this week’s Word Art Wednesday scripture passage is so dear to me… I’m in awe that God considers me precious cargo and gives His angels charge over me to keep me in all my ways.  Please stop by Word Art Wednesday’s blogspot and participate in one of their challenges… it’s a great way to connect you to God through His uplifting Love Letters!

If you find you’ve made some poor choices in life as I have, there’s always hope when you call on the name of Jesus.  I am so thankful when God brings a song to mind…  bringing hope when I am sitting in the valley of wonder… rather, wondering how I’ll make good on what I’ve done.  As I look around me and see the makings of an art studio… which has never materialized… except in the materialization of materials, I definitely needed to hear these words of hope.

Call On Jesus

Chorus:

When I call on Jesus,
All things are possible
I can mount on wings like eagles’ and soar
When I call on Jesus,
Mountains are gonna fall
‘Cause He’ll move heaven and earth to come rescue me when I call

Call Him in the morning, in the afternoon time
Late in the evening, He’ll be there
When your heart is broken,
And you feel discouraged,
You can just remember that He said
He’ll be there!

That’s a call to stay committed to the work of my hands and watch the mountains fall.  My thoughts can take me on a dozen trips around the world in a single day… but in reality I am one person and want to have one vision.  The past has proven to me that I am more successful and less stuck when I operate that way… God’s way… according to His purposes for me… and I am so ready to soar!

Call on Him… and He will give His angels charge over you to watch you in all your ways!  Psalm 91:11