Well, this enlightening moment transpired when I was in mummy’s room where she was resting after her surgery, I was pacing up and down the room trying to get a handle on my thoughts and this was the song which was playing in the background:
“This will be the best time of our life as we encounter Your love again.
Here with You our hearts will come alive as we declare Your praises This is our time, this is our place, this is our moment to lift Your name.” This is our time- Planetshakers
And I thought to myself, “How ironic! Here we were going through the furnace, how could this be our time?” That’s when Abba explained it to me, that this was indeed “our time”, this was our moment to lift His name.
Back in the day when Daniel was threatened with the lion’s den, logically thinking wouldn’t it be easier for God to bypass the lion’s den than to shut up the mouths of hungry lions? The king already favored Daniel thanks to his wisdom and insight, so would it be too much to ask to bend the rules for Daniel this time? It would have been easier, would have saved a lot of trouble and heartache for the king too, but what about his detractors? They sure would have cried foul! Why would Yahweh settle for a lesser miracle, so into the Lion’s den Daniel went claiming his promise of Psalms 91, “You’ll walk unharmed among the lions and the serpents” (The Message). Next day as the den was opened the heavyhearted king got a reason to rejoice and to believe, the hungry lions had disappointed the detractors and the kingdom was brought to its knees in awe of Yahweh. In the end it wasn’t about Daniel or the hungry lions or the king, but about a kingdom bowing down in worship and awe of its true King- Yahweh.
Our mortal minds may not understand all the plans He has for us, maybe we are not meant to (no wonder He says do not worry about tomorrow). His plans are so much bigger that the ones we have. God was planning to save an entire kingdom while Daniel was praying to God to save him.
We as a family, as we go through this, we have realized, His plans are so much higher than ours and “And we know [with great confidence] that God [who is deeply concerned about us] causes all things to work together [as a plan] for good for those who love God.” Romans 8:28 (Amplified Bible).
And until the bigger picture is revealed,
“I’ll praise you in this storm
And I will lift my hands
That you are who you are
No matter where I am
And every tear I’ve cried
You hold in your hand
You never left my side
And though my heart is torn
I will praise you in this storm”
I’ll praise you in this storm-Casting Crowns
PS: It’s day 2 after the surgery and mummy is fine, flaunting her new hairdo, walking around, eating well and testifying of His love.
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