Feeling Like An Outsider?

Do not fear, nor be afraid;
Have I not told you from that time, and declared it?
You are My witnesses.
Is there a God besides Me?
Indeed there is no other Rock;
I know not one.' ”  Isaiah 44:8

Do you feel like an outsider at the wedding? Is your clothing just feeling a bit off from the rest of the party, and you sense that the master is about to have you tossed outside the house? Okay, no more beating around that proverbial bush: do you feel like God is far away right now? There may be a reason rooted in sin, or you may simply need to banish that feeling with gems from the word of God such as this one for today. 

This verse is a bit longer, but sometimes we need a longer time in the Word when those feelings of abandonment, distance, or just not-rightness creep up on us, and the guilt and shame of the enemy's darts burns in a little longer and deeper than it should. Back to the Word and to prayer with God are called for to banish that fear of God's rejection that the Adversary throws at us. The Lord promised never to leave us or forsake us, and that word 'never' from the Lord is too big for our puny feelings of displacement from the Lord's love. Trust in the Lord's perfect love, especially when you or I feel that we are not quite in it on any given day. 

Amen. God's love is the way for me! 

Bucky