I will open rivers in desolate heights and fountains in the midst of the valleys. I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water. I will plant in the wilderness the cedar and the acacia tree, the myrtle and the oil tree. I will set in the desert the cypress tree and the pine and the box tree together. That they may see and know and consider together that the hand of the Lord has done this, and that the Holy One of Israel has created it. (Isaiah 41: 18-20)
If you look back at the last year and a half, and all of the things that supposedly make us all comfortable disappearing or “in shortage” it may seem like God has turned his back on us and isn’t coming back. In fact, every time that we all start seeing reports of major shortages, like the latest gas crises along the East Coast, it seems like everyone’s first reaction is to panic and forget that we have a Good Father looking out for us.
If I am honest, I have been one of those who have panicked lately as I begin to see doors closing and things in my life disappearing. I actually have the perfect example of this right now. I recently lost a friend and pet-sitting client, who I became pretty close too fairly quickly. This loss led to my trying to find two of her now orphaned fur children homes. Along with feelings of guilt pouring into my subconscious, I also felt panic set in as I wondered if I would be able to find these two kitties homes? Of course, this was my first mistake.
The next, was letting these feelings of guilt and worry settle in this week after my work began slowing down and my husband’s work, both at his actual job and at home, seems to have hit its highest intensity. If you think about it, having feelings like this are a lot like having feelings of panic when the world is running out of toilet paper and gasoline.
Despite these feelings of terror and panic lately, my and our loving Jehovah Jireh (The Lord Our Provider) has been sweetly reminding me that he hasn’t left me and that He is still a Waymaker. In fact, he not only found two wonderful homes for those fur babies that I mentioned earlier (with little to no help of mine), but he has been making sure that my finances are covered despite the work slow down. He has even kept mine and my husband’s vehicles full of petro despite the current shortage.
So, if those feelings of panic are starting to settle in, let this be your reminder of how God will still make a way and a path where we see none.
