Little "Big" Assurances
Posted on October 13, 2010 by Pastor Tom
I’ve been getting a lot of questions about the Philippines trip recently? “Are you excited to be going to the Philippines?” Yes! “Are you nervous at all?” Yes. I have never been to the far east before; never done a nearly 14 hour plane trip; never been in a climate with huge heat and humidity (Yesterday it was 27 C in Manila but felt like 41). Yet it has been amazing how God has been assuring me of His presence and guidance through the days ahead.
One day, I looked at the flight plan and how long we’d be flying over only ocean. The next day, I came across Job 26:12 – “By his power he still the sea.” And my Bible note said this – “God rules the supposed dominion of Yam, the Canaanite god of the sea. Jesus Christ showed He was the true God of His people when he calmed the sea – Matt. 8:23–27.
Then I woke up wondering about getting through customs and all the unexpected twists and turns that can take. Later that morning I read Psalm 48:14 – “For this God is our God for ever and ever; he will be our guide even to the end.”
Yesterday, I woke up with a song written by a friend out East – “Fear not for I have redeemed you; fear not I have called you by name you are mine. When you walk through the waters I will be with you, when you pass through the rivers they will not sweep you away, when you walk through the fire you will not be burned, for I am the Lord your God.” I couldn’t remember at that moment where to find that. But later in the day while studying a completely different passage, it cross referenced to Isaiah 43:10. Then when I looked up a few verses, I found this song in Isaiah 43:1–3.
Little assurances? Yes. But they add up to Big Assurance from our Big God!.
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