I Do Not Leave
“‘I saw the Lord always before me, for he is at my right hand that I may not be shaken’” (Acts 2:25).
Daughter, I pour my light into you. I guide you and do not leave you. I have good plans for your life. I love when you step toward Me to realize them.
There is discouragement along the way—and distraction, too. But I keep walking ahead, and I reach out My hand, and I do not forsake you. I do not abandon you.
The path is filled with rock that can cause you to stumble—and weeds that entangle and attempt to trip you up. But I clear the path, in the midst of difficulty and sometimes rocky roads.
I clear the path.
My voice in you, these whispers to your heart, my words a blade of truth that swipes away uncertainty and doubt. Walk in the way I’ve prepared for you, this way full of twists and turns and hills and valleys, deserts and lush mountain-scapes.
I’ve walked this path. I walk it with you. How could I leave you?
You were made for this—to be with Me, walking this path, the path we walk together. Faith is not knowing the details of what the future holds, but trusting Me to be with you in it.
So keep walking with Me, in faith, along the path I’ve prepared just for you. That is where you will cling to Me most tightly, where you will feel my gaze steadfast upon you, when I will hold you.
Daughter, I never let you go.
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Take a deep breath, dear one. Close your eyes. Take a few more deep breaths. Can you tuck away to a quiet place now for 30 minutes? Can you let your hands fall at your sides, coax your feet to stop moving? Let us surrender everything we are holding—emotionally, spiritually, and physically. Now, from that place of quiet, let's bring everything to Him as He speaks: “Be healed. Be refreshed. Imagine the waves flowing, the rhythm of the water. Plunge in. Be refreshed. Be restored.” → Read the rest of Loop Encounter No. 90, “Stay in the River.”
“How can you know what you need? How can you trust your own heart? Here, let Me show you how you can; let Me teach you what you don’t know. And let Me show you what it is you know but have forgotten: There is stored within you the hope of life, the hope of beginning. It is not dependent on the rules of this world, rules that bring with them desolation and distraction, confusion and noise. Let Me quiet you now—quieting the worry, quieting the inner turmoil. Let Me make that all subside. Let My love blanket you and fill you.” … Take 10 minutes (if you’re able) and let Holy Spirit minister to you through this FLAG devotional. He’s here, and He can be enough for you.
The Bible says God reveals Himself through nature—the sun and stars, the mountains and seas, the tiny, fragile critters and majestic beasts. It takes a certain childlike faith to see it, and in our tech-heavy, fast-paced culture, it’s so easy to lose that precious quality. How can we recover it? I think Grace Pouch has some thoughtful insights into that question in her excerpt from Savoring Childhood.
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