Perfect?

Some days I sit back and consider how my life looks vs how it really is.  I don't concern myself with looking like I have it all together, or that I am wealthy, or super spiritual but I do care about my witness...more so than any other time in my life. I began a relationship with Jesus when I was 11 years old.  I am now 48 years old.  The timeline of my walk with Christ reveals varied times of serving Him and also serving myself.  However, I am thankful for many recent years of a deeper, closer relationship with a God who calls me "friend" and "daughter".

This morning I picked up my Bible and turned to Psalms.  It's a common thing to do for Christians who want some encouragement and a quick Word from our Lord God.  I read Psalm 18.  David's Psalm to our Lord following his rescue from the hands of Saul.  I found a few verses that grabbed my heart.  Words that spoke to me about my view of my life.

Psalm 18:30-33

30 As for God, His way is perfect; The word of the Lord is proven; He is a shield to all who trust in Him.
31 For who is God, except the Lord? And who is a rock, except our God?
32 It is God who arms me with strength, And makes my way perfect.
33 He makes my feet like the feet of deer, And sets me on my high places.

I look at my life and see all the ugly scars, current struggles, and imperfections.  I am experiencing consequences of bad stewardship, enduring ill health and weight problems, crying and aching for my wayward son, and grasping for contentment and daily peace.  To some I may appear okay and a "good" Christian" and I am thankful and yet to others I am judged as a less committed and "holy" Christian because of my physical being and family struggles.  Then there as those who love me just the way I am with Christ's love.  My point here though is not to bring attention to what others think but to reveal that I see my life for what it is and yet I know that I am not perfect but as is says here in Psalm 18 that my God's way is perfect.

As I "do" life - praying for change or for strength to endure, doing His will, working on my health, etc., I have the proven Word of God to encourage me. I  have a shield of protection from the attacks of the enemy and those who  judge me.  I have a rock to stand on...a "secure and steady-consistent" foundation in God. God arms me with strength and girlfriends, He makes my way perfect!  Hallelujah!   His plans and purposes for me are being fulfilled with answers to my prayers in His time and in His way which is the PERFECT way! In the process, He gets me to where I should be and sets me on "my" high place.  A place where I can be in His presence and safely with Him...in my place of worship whether in church, in my car or on my sofa!

Friends, I don't know how you view your life or how it is witness to others of God. I do know that we serve a perfect God.  He has a perfect will for your life.  I hope today you will find time to praise God for His goodness to you and give Him all the glory He deserves and designed us to give.

You are Loved, acf