Hand in Hand

Today, my child, come and walk with me on the beach.

Take a look at the sea.

Do you see the waves, agitated and tossed by every wind of change and every rumour of disaster?

But here, with Me, is calmness. 

Where is your heart?

Is it calm, here, with Me? Or is it agitated, there, amongst the waves in the sea?

Where do you feel unstable?

What is it that succeeds in agitating you? 

Come now, My child, tell Me, for there is doubt at the root of this agitation. 

Confess where you haven’t trusted Me and make peace today with trusting me in that area.

Take My hand and let me draw you out to the water.

Then, do the same for your brothers, who are doubting in the sea.

Catch their hands and remind them they are on firm ground in me.

Then walk, hand in hand with Me.

Feel the sand under your feet.

Feel the firm and soft, welcoming ground under your feet.

As My faithfulness, My true words, and the Kindness I have promised in oath to you, reassure you, welcome you, hold you, sustain you.

Feel the solidity of what will not dawn.

Yes, this world is turbulent but this is not the end for I am the great redeemer.

And oh, how beautiful is my creation. It is almost ready to arise in a new day. 

Remember, I am your everlasting home, where We dwell together, forever. 

Come, My child, walk hand in hand, with Me.

James 1:5-8 (ESV)

If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him. But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind. For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.

Revelation 21:1-3

Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God.”