Faith Words: Lost
Have you ever had that dream where you’re lost and can’t find your way? You know you have a home, a place of refuge but you just can’t find it?
That’s how I’ve been feeling lately, even when awake. It’s like someone changed all the signs, the paths. Nothing’s familiar. I know I have a place of refuge but where is it? I look for home where I used to find it but it’s not there anymore. What I counted on for peace and security has vanished in the fog that surrounds me.
This is not the feeling of being spiritually lost. I know I’m saved by the blood of Jesus and the grace of God. This is something different. More like being dropped in a foreign land and trying to find the road back home with no map and no sense of direction.
I understand how frightened the apostles were as they crossed the sea in the storm. They knew where the shore was but they couldn’t see it. They could only see the storm around them.
Asking why doesn’t help. Now I ask how. How do I get through the fog, the storm around me? I’ve never been here before. If I focus on where I want to go, I panic because I can’t see it. I have to move slowly. One step at a time.
I know the Lord will help me. I’m still frightened when I see the unfamiliar landscape around me. I have to remind myself He’s in control and will see me through. I don’t have to see where I’m going. I’m going to trust that He does.
Trusting,
Patrice
Isaiah 41:10 NIV
So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
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That your ways may be known on earth, your salvation among all nations.
For the eyes of the LORD range throughout the earth to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to him....
Since the children have flesh and blood, He too shared in their humanity so that by His death, He might destroy him who holds the power of death - that is, the devil - and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death.