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Wednesday... This is just the beginning.


Wednesday... This is just the beginning.

Over in the Old Testament of the Bible there is a book that tells of some major problems, some major trouble that a man by the name of Job was going through. In the middle of this trouble he starts remembering what God had done. He did this to bring hope and encouragement as he faced what he was going through. 

In Job 26:7-11 (NLT) he says, "God stretches the northern sky over empty space and hangs the earth on nothing. He wraps the rain in his thick clouds, and the clouds don't burst with the weight. He covers the face of the moon, shrouding it with the clouds. He created the horizon when he separated the waters; he set the boundary between day and night. The foundations of heaven tremble; they shudder at his rebuke." 

But Job is not finished. Verse 14 says, "These are just the beginning of all that he does, merely a whisper of his power. Who, then, can comprehend the thunder of his power?" 

Yes, we can look back at all that God has done in our life and be encouraged, but listen, that is just the beginning. What he did yesterday, is just the beginning. What He has done through this past year is just the beginning. What He has done in the lives of all those Christians around you is just the beginning. What He has done in the Bible is just the beginning. And He loves you, and He is who you can call on in your time of trouble. And he has what it takes to handle it.

Psalm 116:1 & 2 says, "I love the Lord because he hears my voice and my prayer for mercy. Because he bends down to listen, I will pray as  long as I have breath!" Now that make sense. If He can do all that He has done and Job says, that is only the beginning and the Psalmist writes that He hears my voice so then it makes sense for us to "pray as long as I have breath."

Verse 3 says, "Death wrapped its robes around me; the terrors of the grave overtook me. I saw only trouble and sorrow." Verse 4, "Then I called on the name of the Lord: 'Please Lord save me!'" Now that is the smart thing to do. Verse 5, "How kind the Lord is! How good he is! So merciful, this God of ours is!" 

So what is it you are going through? Then call on the name of the Lord. He has what it takes to take care of it. Remember what He has done is just the beginning. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning
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