Isaiah 43:19

Since the verse for this blog is Isaiah 43:19. I thought it would be good to share why that is. Isaiah 43:19 "I am going to do something new. It is already happening. Don’t you recognize it? I will clear a way in the desert. I will make rivers on dry land." During this season of "Walking with GOD in the Desert" I have been tested & tempted in ways I haven't before. In the midst of my suffering  GOD is already using it for my good & making a way for me to overcome the temptations & pass the tests to come out on the other side victoriously!  


I can tell you I didn't go into the desert willingly...in fact I don't think I realized I was in the desert until I hit that low point and was having to take cover from the the tornado headed toward me from the North, the hurricane from the south, the earthquake from the west and the tsunami from the east...When I was trying to take cover that's when I realized "Houston we have a problem" and that I was in trouble, struggling to stay afloat! Wandering for days...months even trying to process everything happening around me and dealing with the aftermath of the storms! Boy, can those storms be unpredictable - much like life!!


What do you do when the very foundation you stand on/believe in is shaken!?! I was hit with a broken relationship, loss of job, I was facing these things alone (my only support - my family was states away) & my very sense of security had been shaken and betrayed in an life-changing/unfathomable way! Yet here I was "Walking in the Desert" alone with the one person I was supposed to turn to and trust but who I had trouble trusting...because after all if He really loved me how could He allow these unthinkable things to happen when He had the power to stop them, to save me!!! How could I trust HIM???


But if I can't trust HIM..who can I trust!?! Because everyone else (family, friends even the president ;)) will let me down and if they haven't yet they will at some point! I think it's so easy to get caught up in our own lives and be consumed with everything going on around us...forgetting we're not the only ones who are unemployed, suffering from a broken heart or being betrayed by the ones we love the most! Plus I think when you lose trust in others it's hard to turn to GOD and trust Him!!


I love the meaning behind Isaiah 43:19...it gives me so much hope...especially as I continue to "Walk with GOD in the Desert" even wrestle with Him at times! And that's ok...He'd much rather you do that than to turn your back on Him and walk away from your relationship. Besides if you can't sustain a relationship with Him...how can you ever sustain a relationship with His people!?!..that's something to think about isn't!?! 


I realize now that in the midst of the storms I need to remember the battle has already been won! Genesis 50:20 "You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives." And just as Isaiah 43:19 so poetically says, "I am going to do something new. It is already happening. Don’t you recognize it? I will clear a way in the desert. I will make rivers on dry land."  Everything I am experiencing, going through, being tested by, tempted with...GOD is already doing something good with all that suffering....clearing the path for me...giving me an out to resist temptation so Satan won't cause me to stumble.


Because it's in those times of suffering that make us more vulnerable to sinning and Satan knows that and will use that against us...but in the midst of our trials let's hold to Isaiah 43:19, remembering during those difficult times that even though our suffering doesn't make sense  to us...GOD still is in control and knows what's going on behind the scenes. We just need to choose to trust Him when faced with the infamous unknown - Hebrews 11:1 "Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see." :)