An Adventure to Remember...

He is always saying throughout the Word, “I AM the LORD your God” and I hear His heart crying out, “Remember that I AM YOUR God, Cori, and I HAVE come through for you and WILL continue to!”

Throughout the Old Testament people would build altars as a visual reminder of how He had come through for them, they would look back in remembrance of battles fought, and see unique traces of how He had never left their side. You could physically mark a trail of faithfulness behind the people of Israel and see how God revealed Himself in new ways as they cried out, “You are my Provider!” and “You are a God Who Sees Me!”

I easily forget the LORD’s faithfulness in my life. I often focus on the unknowns of the season I am in and often I feel like a ship lost at sea. But then, doesn't He bring me into these places, a ship lost in inky darkness of the dangerous storm, so that I may cry out, “God, where are you!?” What is His response other than to arise, rebuke my fears and say, “Cori, where is your trust? Don’t you know, can’t you look back over your life and see that I AM faithful?!”

 The exciting thing is there are still storms, a storm is never the same, and the way He has you weather the storm never looks the same. You can know that He will never have you set in the dock because, “It is just too dangerous”. Oh, He is much too adventurous for that!

When we are tossing in the wildest storm it is the memory of God’s enabling strength that sustains our hearts. In times of smooth gliding in calm waters it is the remembrance of the wildest storms that protects us.

We take communion in remembrance of Him: The Bread of Life who gave of Himself that we might be full, The Fount of Living Waters who poured out Himself so that our thirst would be satisfied … what is the promise with this altar? 

I AM coming back! Be ready. Be watching. Because in reality...

our adventures have only just begun!