(C) Cheryl Howard 2008

 

 

 

 

There is naught can overwhelm me, for I’m sheltered in YOUR arms

No raging waters drown me, for my enemy YOU’ve disarmed

When about me there is paucity and lack on every side

In YOUR Presence I find abundance as my life in CHRIST YOU hide

 

 

HE is my Place of calm in the midst of life’s wild storms

HE Alone my Rock, my Refuge; in HIM I’ve been reborn

My Great and Wondrous SHEPHERD, who plucks my life from danger

Gathered me to HIS heart, this Glorious LORD who lay in a manger

 

 

YOU fill my soul with wonder, of YOUR love I am most sure

YOU are my dearest companion, for YOU I was formed for

When about me is despair, dismay and disarray

YOU keep me close beneath YOUR wings, safely tucked away

 

 

Whether the path is lit with sunshine or dark clouds hover near

It is HE who carries me, HIS love and power chase away all fear

For nothing it can harm me, or touch me deep inside

For HE hides me in HIS heart, as in HIS SON I do abide.

 

 

 

thought for the journey ….

 

Habakkuk 3:19 “The LORD GOD is my strength; HE will make my feet like deer’s feet, and HE will make me walk on my high hills.”

 

2 Corinthians 4:16-18 “For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more and exceeding eternal weight of glory; while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen; for the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal.”

 

How important it is to have an eternal perspective on life - to view it through the lens of the goal at which we are aiming and heading for; to be conformed into the likeness and image of JESUS; our Great GOD and SAVIOR!

 If we look only at the here and now we can easily become discouraged, but if we glimpse life from GOD’s view then like the eagle we will soar. It is as we learn to walk in The SPIRIT - in other words constantly led by The SPIRIT of GOD, in intimacy with HIM, listening for HIS voice, and obeying HIM - that we learn to overcome the challenges and obstacles of life. They don’t go away, they don’t magically shrink and disappear, but we rise up in the strength of our GOD, we soar with HIM and from our ‘elevated’ vantage point we see them in their proper perspective - very small and surmountable! When we walk in the flesh - led by our own selfish lusts and desires - then almost any little challenge can floor and overcome us, for we are weak and ‘earthbound’! We need to focus on GOD, on HIS power, ability and goodness - to lift up our eyes and see how Great, Glorious and Awesome our GOD truly is.

GOD is in this journey of life with us for the long haul - HE has eternity in mind, and HE is doing a work within us that will endure for eternity. HE isn’t interested in wood, hay and stubble - so neither should we be!