I would like to say a little bit about the title of my blog. I actually thought of putting this as my blog title shortly after seeing a friend's blog about the song All the Way. A popular hymn written by Fanny Crosby.
The lyrics to this well known hymn are as follows,
All the way my Savior leads me,
What have I to ask beside?
Can I doubt His tender mercy,
Who through life has been my Guide?
Heav’nly peace, divinest comfort,
Here by faith in Him to dwell!
For I know, whate’er befall me,
Jesus doeth all things well!
All the way my savior leads me. I know that I myself have problems sometimes surrendering all to Jesus, we all do, we have a selfish and sinful nature and we need Christ. But in spite of our shortcomings Jesus always has open arms to any repentant sinful soul.
What have I to ask beside? Jesus gave his life in order for me to live. What more could I ask for. The word "excruciating" comes from the word "crucifixion" and literally means "out of the cross". If the cross is so painful that there were no words to describe it, it had to have been pretty bad. I would like to think that if given the chance I would give up my life in order to save a friend but I honestly don't know if I could. What Jesus did on the cross for us was beyond what any of us could ever do for each other. 2 Corinthians 5:21 says that God made Jesus, Him who knew no sin, so that we could become the righteousness of God through Jesus. I could do a whole blog just on this but basically saying... Jesus loves us more than we could ever imagine.
Can I doubt his tender mercy? Less than a year ago a little girl that went to my school became seriously sick and the doctors thought for sure that she was going to die. I didn't know this little girl super well but I remember being really sad and crying a lot. I was on my way back from a Pathfinder Bible Bowl trip when I learned how serious her condition was and started crying a lot and then I prayed as hard as I ever remembering praying in my life for God to spare the life of this little girl who was so young. James 5:16 says "Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much", and Matthew 21:22 says "And whatever things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive." Needless to say, she survived, and is doing well.
Who through life has been my Guide. I would like to say that I have always done exactly what God wanted me to do, but I know I haven't there are things that I have said and done that I instantly regretted and I knew they were wrong. Jeremiah 17:9 says "The heart is deceitful above all other things and desperately wicked. Who can know it?" And my heart is no exception. The SIN problem is in our hearts but God is willing to change us, He is the only One who can change us and it's important for us to always seek that Change in our lives.
Heavenly peace, divinest comfort. Jeremiah 29:11 says, "I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord, plans to prosper you, to give you hope and a future." Isaiah 26:3 says, "Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on Thee, because he trusteth in Thee." It's nice to know that God knows our plans, in fact, He made our plans! And they are wonderful plans to give us a hope and a future! If that isn't heavenly peace and divine comfort then I don't know what is.
Here by faith in Him to dwell. Hebrews 11:1 defines faith as, the substance of things hoped for, and the evidence of things not seen. I don't know about you but that boggles my mind. It's like saying, faith is the tangible part of what isn't there and the and knowing that what you can't see is actually there. It's so deep, I don't even fully understand myself. But I do know that faith is important in having that relationship with Jesus. Obviously if you can't see Him, there has to be something that keeps you believing in Him. That's what faith does, and through faith, we can dwell in Him.
For I know, what'er befall me, Jesus doeth all things well! Whatever challenges life takes me through I know that Jesus will always come through for me. He promises in Romans 8:28 that all things work together for good to those who love God and are called according to his purpose.
Will you accept the call?
