Have you ever had an unsettling feeling in the pit of your stomach and couldn’t really explain why? You may feel like crying, shouting or like something bad is about to happen? Well, I have that feeling today and I just don’t know why. I’m not worried about anything or anyone in particular and I don’t think there is anything negatively happening around me but I still have this feeling. Don’t get me wrong, there is no doubt within me because I believe that everything that happens is in God’s plan so I have no reason to doubt because Psalm 34:17-20 says, “When the righteous cry for help, the Lord hears and delivers them out of all their troubles. The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit. Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivers him out of them all. He keeps all his bones; not one of them is broken.” So, I’m going to take this unsettling feeling as a way that God is using to speak through me and I shall listen. See, I didn’t have a clue about a devotional topic today and I was going to skip writing one but then my husband text to see where the devotional was and when I said I may not do one he asked, “What’s troubling you?” I, then, realized that this isn’t about me because although I write these devotionals as my release; they are much more to those who read them so I couldn’t and wouldn’t be selfish. No matter what happens and no matter what the reason is behind this feeling that I have, I have work to do. I have to push through in order to see what it is God is trying to get me to see because had I wallowed in this feeling, then the enemy would have succeeded in what he sat out to do today which was to keep me from sharing God’s word. Well, the devil is a lie because I woke up with the use of every one of my limbs and in my right mind; so I will do just what God has ordained me to do. I don’t have to have a specific topic to tell you how good God is; how he’ll be there for you through the dark nights; how he’ll provide sleep when it just doesn’t want to come; how he’ll send peace when all hell is breaking loose in your life or how he’ll provide for you when you’re down to your last and it seems like there is no help coming.
Baby, I just stopped long enough to tell you that no matter what you’re facing, going through, just came out off, got away from, need to get away from, whatever you’re running from or whatever has you bound; God is able to fix it for you. Yea, I know that you’ve called on Him and it seems like He isn’t hearing your pleas, but He is. I know it seems like every time you get to see over the water you’re drowning in, something comes along to pull you down but just hold on. I know it seems like every time you reach for a glass of water, you’re tears are filling the glass but just don’t give up. Yea, momma may be gone; daddy may be a deadbeat; sister is doing you wrong because of jealousy; brother is hindering you instead of helping; church folks pushing you instead of praying for you; folks on the job is throwing rocks and hiding their hands but God hasn’t changed. So just wait, don’t give up or give in! I don’t have all the answers for you and I can’t tell you how long you’ll be in your storm but I do know that everything that starts will eventually have to end, so just please hold on a little while longer. I’ve shared this on Facebook for 2 days and I feel the need to share it with you today because I want, no I need you to know that you are capable of doing all things through Christ because He is your strength. Baby, get you some God and then keep you some God. Keep God with you like you do your cigarettes & lighter. Keep God with you like you do that chapstick in your pocket. Keep God with you like your driver’s license. Keep God with you like you do your badge for work or your car keys. Keep God with you like you do that $1.25 for daily Coca-Cola habit. All I am saying is keep God with you because He’s better than bread, he won’t mold, he’s better than milk, he won’t spoil, he’s better than insurance because he won’t drop your coverage and he doesn’t lapse, he’s better than the sun because he never goes down, He’s better than the moon because he doesn’t have to wait until nightfall to show himself and he’s much better than so called friends because he won’t stab you in the back. Child, get some God in your life and you’ll be glad you did! Yea, I just thought I stop by to let you know that no matter how you feel and no matter what is going on around you, God never changes. Have you ever tried Him? Have you ever trusted Him? Have you ever tasted His goodness? Have you ever allowed Him to see you through? Try my God because He’ll never let you down.
Lakisha, the Author 