Right Where He Wants Us

"Suddenly" By: Superchic[k] She feels lost in her own life Treading water just to keep from slipping under And she wonders if she's where she's supposed to be Tired of trying to do it right Her dreams are just too far away to see how steps she's making might be taking her to who she'll be And suddenly it isn't what it used to be And after all this time it worked out just fine And suddenly I am where I'm supposed to be And after all the tears, I was supposed to be here She feels locked in her own life Scared of what she might lose If she moves away from who she was And she's afraid of being free There's a way she knows is right And she can't feel the things she knows and so each step she's taking Is a step of faith towards who she'll be And suddenly it isn't what it used to be And after all this time it worked out just fine And suddenly I am where I'm supposed to be And after all the tears, I was supposed to be here And here where the night is darkest black She feels the fear And the light is farthest back And through her tears She can see the dawn Its coming skies will clear And the light will find her where she's always been And suddenly it isn't what it used to be And after all this time it worked out just fine And suddenly I am where I'm supposed to be And after all the tears, I was supposed to be here (Ok, well this was pretty much my first-ever watercolor painting, so it's not exactly what one would call "quality" (the sail is even going in the opposite direction of the waves...hehe!), but I know that God inspired it...and it's message is convicting and reassuring at the same time...and just happened to go with the theme of this post, so that is why I have placed it here!) Well, God has been speaking to me lately on the same sort of topic through many different ways. Through wonderful people from our church, through the Bible, and even through the song I posted above. It's hard not knowing what you are going to do next, after graduating. It's tempting to think that maybe God has forgotten about you, or maybe he didn't plan out your path well enough, and you've come to a dead end. It would be easy to lose faith in Him and begin to believe that he's not there. Sometimes it seems like I am sinking in the waves of life, and I am going to just keep on sinking...but what do you see in the picture above? Do you think that the people in that boat are a little bit worried at this point? Perhaps ALOT worried?! If I was in there (ok...maybe I AM) I would be crying, probably thinking my life was about to abruptly end...wondering where God was - and why he didn't stop the storm. And, maybe believing that, since he wasn't stopping the storm, he didn't care about me and wasn't there to help me any more. But we can see the hands tenderly and lovingly upholding the ship. The people in that ship aren't going anywhere He doesn't want them to. However, when we are in that ship of life, we often can't seem to see past our own circumstances. We can't see past the waves and the lightning. We can't see those hands that are powerful enough to hold up the world, holding us. In the darkness, we can feel unsure - afraid. It doesn't make sense...at the time, but God has us right where he wants us. One day we will look back with grateful tears in our eyes and fall to our knees in wonder and amazement...and thankfulness to our awesome savor - our closest friend - of this I am sure! When we THOUGHT we had close human friends, and that God was so far, we will see that, in reality GOD was the closest friend we ever had. He walked next to us every step of the way, he dried our tears, he set our feet on firm ground, he held our hands, he defended us, he taught us...he carried us. Isaiah 41:10 "Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand." Psalm 37:23-24 "The steps of a man are established by the Lord, when he delights in his way; though he fall, he shall not be cast headlong, for the Lord upholds his hand."