Sometimes, from within our own perspective, it is hard to see the wood for the trees. We become discouraged and restless, sure that our problems will remain problems and that the way we are today is the way we will always be. From within our own subjective space, we can fail to see the progress we are making. We still feel the symptoms of fear and discomfort so we don't recognise that they are becoming fewer and further apart. We don't see the steps we have taken toward freedom, the ground that we are gaining day by day.
One certainty we have in the Lord is this: when we made the choice to invite Christ into our life, something miraculous took place. Something invisible, something spiritual. We were translated from the kingdom of darkness into the kingdom of light. Where we once were on a downward path, spiralling deeper into our sins and ignorance, we have now been miraculously transported to a different trajectory. We are not travelling toward death anymore, but life. Instead of despair, we are walking into hope and as such, we are assured that our future is a safe place. A place of redemption, restoration and recovery.
Even the painful experiences become a 'good pain' when we commit them to Him and choose to trust His words. Rather than bringing destruction, they offer an invitation to partake more deeply of our Heavenly Father's love and healing grace. In effect, even in our stumbling, we are still moving forward, onward and upward toward the light of a new day.
Christ is not confined to time as we are. God revealed himself to Moses as 'I am.' He continues to reveal Himself as a present God, always accessible, always with us. Able to transform our past with His healing revelation. Able to promise His presence in each of our tomorrows. And always present in each moment. In every heartbeat, every breath, as long as we shall live.
'But the path of the just is like the shining sun, That shines ever brighter unto the perfect day.'
Proverbs 4:18
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