No one compares...

Psalm 40:5

"O Lord, my God, you have performed many wonders for us. Your plans for us are too numerous to list. You have no equal. If I tried to recite all you wonderful deeds, I would never come to the end of them."

     God is always working on your behalf. "Always" meaning he never stops, ceases or fails to be constantly work out things for your good. I love this verse above, because it shows us a small glimpse into the immensity of our Father's goodness. He isn't a God who makes us struggle, strive or stress to prosper in this life. All we have to do is trust him. 

     When I started working as a nurse, I was constantly struggling with worry. I would fight worry going into work, while in the midst of working and on my way home from work. I was always scared that I was going to mess up and cause a catastrophic disaster in someone's life in some way. I can't fully explain what I felt, and I don't fully know why I felt this. All I know is that it was pretty crippling. It was crippling to my ministry. The ministry of being a nurse to my patients on a level that the world is not familiar with all for God's glory. It was crippling, because for a while I really thought that my job fully relied on my physical ability to fulfill the position I was hired for.

    On my long commute home after working one day, the Lord spoke to me. As I've said before I think that is where I get quiet enough to hear His still small voice. The 45 minutes of pure silence probably has something to do with it too. But in the stillness of the moment where I was struggling with worrying about what I did or did not do that day at work, the Lord revealed something to me. He showed me that he does not exist in the fabrics of our comprehension of "time". He told me... "Candace, I am behind you, before you and all around you. I'm going behind you, working on and fixing anything you are worried about in your past. I am with you right now taking care of anything that concerns you. And I am in your future, taking care of anything you are concerned about then. I've got it all covered because I don't exist in human's reality of time. I'm greater than time, and I'm greater than your fears." This small but powerful message is enough to set anyone free from ever worrying about anything again. Yes, we are human and will probably struggle with things despite God speaking to us, but that doesn't stop him from speaking or working on our behalf. Another thing I noticed that God revealed to me in the moment, is that he ministered to me in the moment of my worry. He didn't wait until I was finished worrying and in His presence to speak peace to me. He didn't condemn me for worrying or make me feel bad for not trusting His goodness. He was loving, kind and precious enough to meet me in my moment of weakness. He knows what we are dealing with. He knows how it feels. He loves us. Who can compare to our God? To our Heavenly Father? There is none. No one can compare to the goodness and love I've seen the Father bless me with. No one compares to the love and goodness that the Father wants to bestow on you in your moment of weakness.

     A friend shared a verse with me this past week that I want to leave you with...

1 Corinthians 12: 8-10

"Three times I did that, and then He told me, 'My grace is enough; it's all you need. My strength comes into its own in your weakness.' Once I heard that I was glad it happened. I quit focusing on the handicap and began appreciating the gift. It was a case of Christ's strength moving in on my weakness. Now I take limitations in stride, and with good cheer, these limitations that cut me down to size-abuse, accidents, opposition, bad breaks. I just let Christ take over. And so the weaker I get, the stronger I become."