My Devotion

DID HE REALLY SAY THAT TO ME?

By Liz Omondi | Email: timestodayke@gmail.com | Image courtesy: unsplash.com

In the quietness of the early morning, avoiding any interruptions, I eagerly but carefully read the black lettered words on white paper. I held the letter close to my chest as my eyes moved from left to right, gradually moving from top to down. Tears rolled freely down my face as I wondered, did He really say that to me?

Going down on bended knees, I struggled to utter some words to ask what He really meant by those words. Though I have read them many times past, I loved and longed to read them again and again. Each time I read His description of me, I marvel at His awesomeness.

Knowing that He loves me so much gives me such peace and comfort. Though I have repeatedly disappointed Him, even approached Him casually, He still welcomes me into His loving arms and accepts my apologies and just as quickly remembers them no more. He reminds me to approach His throne of grace with confidence, so that I may receive mercy and find grace to help me time of need.

Every morning I long to hear Him speak to me, to read His love letter to me. There, in the quiet place, I can speak freely to Him and clearly hear Him in the silence of the wee hours in the morning. Sometimes I whisper, other times I sing a love song and other times we just have a heart to heart. He totally understands my personality and accepts me just as I am.

As the day wears on and I go about the daily bustles, incidences will remind me of His word to me. When I am afraid, He whispers, “Don’t be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be discouraged, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you. I will hold you up with my victorious right hand.”

When I am facing some sort of giants in my life He refers me back to the many stories He has written in His love letter to me. How Joshua led the Israelites to take possession of the promised land, how David defeated Goliath, how Gideon fought the Midianites and even how Jesus stilled the storms. He reminds to put my trust in Him and not my own strength. He quiets my soul and tells me, “Be still and know that I am God”.

When troubles come and steal my peace, He is quickly darts His word into my heart, “Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” I have seen this work in my life, almost in an instant. God miraculously answering prayer when I was troubled.

Those days when I am unsure about myself, He gently reminds me, “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart” Again he urges me re-read and reassures me the truth of His word which says, “My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in the depths of

the earth. Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.”

Like the Psalmist, I can testify that indeed,God’s words are sweet to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth! Just this morning, he told “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name; you are Mine! “When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they will not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be scorched, nor will the flame burn you.”

But there are days and times when an answer to my prayer may seem delayed. Praying about the same issue day after day, week in, week out, year after year, yet God seems to be silent on this matter, I have wondered, did He really say what He said that to me? Or was it meant for someone else? Was God really addressing me when He said, “Keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you.” How long am I to keep on asking, knocking and seeking?

What does my Father really mean when He says, “You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it.” Why then do some of my asks go unanswered?

Though waiting period can be a really boring and sometimes a painful experience, especially in a generation that has been labelled a ‘microwave’ generation, I appreciate every detail God pens in His love letter to me, the Bible. When I study His Word, I personalise it as a love letter addressed to me from Genesis to Revelation.

This love letter, the Bible, is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.

So I ask again, did He really say that to me? As long as it is in the Scripture, yes He did. If it is a teaching, yes, He said it to teach me. If it is a rebuke, yes, He said it to rebuke me. If it is a correction, yes, He said it to correct me and if it is a training, yes, He said it to train me in righteousness. All these He said to me because He loves me so much oh.

I hope that you too can be encouraged to read God’s love letter to you and meditate on His Word, the Bible daily. There you will be encouraged, comforted, find peace, counselled in more ways than one and you’ll will be amazed how amazing, awesome, indescribable God Almighty is.