648 Guidance, Provision and Power

Right here where you are anxious … Here where you are totally uncertain … This is where God is about to show you he is faithful. He is faithful to guide. He is faithful to provide. He is faithful to show his power. What do you need today? Do you need his guidance into unknown territories? Do you need his provision in the midst of hardship? Do you need his power unleashed in the middle of your impossible? Girl, he’s got you covered. Like literally, YOU ARE COVERED BY THE ALMIGHTY. You can rest in that, find confidence in that, and be empowered by that. The creator of heaven and earth, the maker of all there is and ever was, the one who holds the whole world in the palm of his hand, sees you, loves you, and covers you. Have you ever covered for someone? They messed up, they showed up late, they failed in some way, but you covered for them. They didn’t face penalty because you stepped in on their behalf. This is exactly what God does for us. We screw up. We turn left when we should have turned right. We sit and wait when we should have got up and gone. Or we rush ahead when we should have chilled the heck out and taken a holy pause. I feel like sometimes all I do is create messes. I over-commit. I speak when I should have listened. I jump before I look, and I can really screw things up on professional level. Like ya’ll I’m not an amateur at this stuff, I’m a professional mess maker. And my God, in all his power and perfection looks at me with his mountain moving love and says “I’ll cover for her.” He makes up for my shortcomings. He takes my mess and makes a message. He spans the distance, crosses the divide, fills the space and covers for me. And honey, you too are covered. Your perfection is not required for your purpose to be fulfilled. So go ahead and boldly move forward in the life you were created for. God is faithful here. Do you need his guidance into unknown territories? You’re walking through circumstances you have no experience with. You don’t know the way, but your heart desires to go wherever God is leading you. God is faithful here. When the Israelites were running from the Egyptians for their freedom, they were in deserts they had never seen before. They didn’t have a map and there was no GPS. Ya’ll I would have been screwed! I can’t find my car in the Wal-Mart parking lot, how the heck would I ever find my way through a desert? They were running, running towards the Promised Land, but how did they know which way to run? God had them covered. Exodus 13:21 says “The LORD went ahead of them. He guided them during the day with a pillar of cloud, and he provided light at night with a pillar of fire.” So all they had to do was follow God’s guide. He lead them exactly where they were to go for an encounter with his sea parting miracle ahead. Now Lord, here we are, needing you to guide us. Where do we go and what do we do? Will you guide us? Just in case you didn’t know, his answer to you is YES. Yes, he will guide you. Yes, he will lead you. Yes, he will cover you. Look for him today. He is that still small voice within that says “this way”. He is that feeling in your gut that says “this isn’t right.” Do you need his provision in the midst of hardship? Things got real and life got hard here. What was once easy and guaranteed has been threatened and you’re unsure of how you will make it through. Oh, our God has you covered sweet girl. When Ruth and Naomi were in their hardship, having both lost their husbands and struggling to find food to eat, God covered them. He guided Ruth to a field of provision. A field belonging to Boaz, a rich and powerful man. Ruth was there to just gather what the harvesters of the field had dropped, hoping to find enough to eat.