Corona Devo 1578

We visited a beach today.  The tide was out, and so the floor of the sea was revealed for a time.  Smooth rocks made a mosaic on which to walk, and as we explored I caught sight of a crab resting on a rock.

Thirty minutes earlier, and I would not have seen him, because ocean water would have covered his current perch.  But the outgoing tide had left a barren but somehow beautiful rocky beach, and here he (or she) was for me to see and enjoy.  

Has the tide "gone out" in some area of our life or heart? 

Do we feel like someone or something (or everything) has receded, and we've nothing but a rocky beach left to show for it?

What we were used to/what we were comfortable with/what we knew and loved---has changed...has dried-up...and has left us unprotected and vulnerable?

If we are feeling like the tide has gone out: have faith, because God warned us that sometimes it would.  But He also said that He is with us in the dry spells, and He will overcome them.

“I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”  ~John 16:33

~~~

If we are feeling like the tide has gone out...look around today.  What or who may be visible/accessible/ available to us, as a result of our "tide being out".  

Sometimes our greatest blessings or strongest faith moments can come when we are in the middle of the impossible.  Just ask Daniel, who got thrown into a den of lions because he would not renounce his faith in God.  And although his situation was more than rocky...he trusted that God was with him, and he was right.  

God is with us today too, even if we are right in the middle of the lions den:  

At the first light of dawn, the king got up and hurried to the lions’ den. (20) When he came near the den, he called to Daniel in an anguished voice, “Daniel, servant of the living God, has your God, whom you serve continually, been able to rescue you from the lions?” 

(21) Daniel answered, “May the king live forever! (22) My God sent his angel, and he shut the mouths of the lions. They have not hurt me, because I was found innocent in his sight. Nor have I ever done any wrong before you, Your Majesty.”  

*(23) The king was overjoyed and gave orders to lift Daniel out of the den. And when Daniel was lifted from the den, no wound was found on him, because he had trusted in his God.  ~Daniel 6:19-23

~~~

Look closer to what surrounds us today.  

The tide may be out, but it will come back in, and there just may be a beautiful crab (or the like) revealed because of our current circumstances.

Look into God's Word today.  
We can trust that God is with us during our dry spells and that He will usher-in a time of refreshment once again.  He is the Living Water.

Lord, you are the hope of Israel... the spring of living water.  ~Jeremiah 17:13


Blessings,

sarah

https://sarahsundy04.blogspot.com


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