I have been a Christian since 1983, yet I can’t remember a time when I have felt so abandoned. I have written a 100 page movie script, faithfully written a blog each day, tried to restart my used golf ball business and have applied to close to 50 job openings in the last 2 months. I am running out of answers, options and solutions. Except for one job offer that I turned down due to a lack of pay, I feel as if I am suffering a spiritual power outage.
In Genesis 12, God called Abram to move to a foreign land. In Genesis 39, Joseph was falsely accused of a crime, thrown in prison and forgotten about. At the end of Deuteronomy, Moses was kept out of the Promised Land for not following directions about striking a rock to receive water. God had a plan for each of these situations, but these men had to trust God in the dark before He revealed why these events occurred.
As I approach one of the narrowest paths, Matthew 7:13-14, that I have come across, I need to recall the words of Psalm 1:1-3 and Colossians 2:6-7. As Amy Grant once sang, God’s Word is a lamp to my feet and light for the narrow path that I am currently facing, Psalm 119;105. In an age of constant mirages, I need to cling to the words of Joseph in Genesis 45:5-8, “what you meant for bad needed to happen so that God would put me here to save you!” As my power remains out at the moment, all I can do is trust God in the dark!
by Jay Mankus.
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