Psalm 59:10
“My God, with His loving kindness, will come to meet me…”
To some of us, there often comes a time when we get a sense of the vastness of things and of our own insignificance, which can be a shaking thing. It can even shake our faith in whats the truth- that our Father showers with compassion even the fall of a single sparrow. (Matthew 10:29). To me one of the many proofs given to us is right in the Word of God. To me this shows how God’s hand is behind and is with and throughout my life just like He was with the people we read about in the Bible. The Bible can touch the untouchable by the power of the Holy Spirit and the willingness to separate one’s self from the world and set our eyes on the cross. The fear of being so insignificant suddenly becomes forgotten and you start to feel this overwhelming amount of love poring all over you. Unconsciously, His Word meets this fear and answers it- not always by a direct statement, but often by giving a simple, loving little story. John for instance looking through the thin veil of time into eternity, saw His Lord- the Lord he had seen pierced- now holding in His hand seven stars. John declares: “I fell at His feet as though dead.” Just as though this fallen one mattered more than the seven stars, as though there were no stars- “He placed His right hand upon me…” (Revelation 1:16-17). HE COMFORTS. He lays His right hand on the soul wounded by weariness, or fear, or any kind of weakness at all. All the feels suddenly change when you take yourself off that pedestal and pick up your matt and walk.  “Be strong and courageous” (Joshua 1:6). Knowing who is laying the path in front of you and who never left you behind.

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