Moving!

Moving can be a moving experience.  The nature of the process reveals to us what we really think is important.  It strips away the veneer of all we have taken for granted.  Perhaps for the first time we see our priorities aren't where we thought they were.  A baby doesn't care where he is as long as he can cuddle with his silk blanket.  Sometimes the presence of mom is enough to comfort.  Once we grow older we still do not outgrow this attachment to things.  It is natural to base our security in what we can hold in our hands.  In reality, this is security found in ourselves.

This process cannot be performed until we resign ourselves, our things, family, friends, and future to Jesus Christ.  Perhaps some foster a false "romantic" view that following Jesus comes at no cost of things, relationships, or comforts.  Will God provide for our needs?  Certainly.  Isn't it true that anyone who leaves family for the sake of the Gospel will receive reward.  Yes.  But the tears still flow.  There is no denying our family faces the stiff price of separation on both sides of the Pacific.  Is Jesus worth it?  No question!

All of our household goods were loaded into this little 20' container.  Last Friday it was loaded and driven to port, only 20lbs. under the maximum weight!  But I would trade the whole lot for the little boy sitting on the furniture.  God has seen fit to separate us for a little while.  Stuff carries no value when compared to people!  We would do well to remember this always!

This morning during my reading I came across this passage:  Psalm 27:13-14 reads, "I would have lost heart, unless I had believed That I would see the goodness of the LORD In the land of the living. ¹⁴ Wait on the LORD; Be of good courage, And He shall strengthen your heart; Wait, I say, on the LORD!"  No matter what situation we find ourselves in, this remains true!  We can be apt to believe this some days over others.  We must wait on the LORD before He will supply us with strength.  This kind of waiting is not patiently enduring the passage of time, but the expectant looking to and trusting in our Savior, Jesus Christ.   David was not only looking towards heaven, but he cultivated an expectancy that God would supply his needs today!  I too desire to be of the same mind.  Though I cannot be with my wife and children at the present, God will supply both our needs just the same.  He is the one we really need.