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Crowded with God
Type & Edit byJude Dias , Photography by Yousif Malibiran
Are we just blind or what?!?!
I don’t mean to be brash but I find myself asking this question especially when I feel down and hopeless. Think about it…
In the Bible we see Jesus constantly telling His followers about God and His nature. God knows it all. He sees it all and just based on this fact, Jesus questions the disciples about their faith every time they freak out about something or have doubts cloud their mind.
“Where is your faith?”
Jesus and His Word makes it absolutely clear - God is everything and there is no escaping Him. You can run and hide and God will find you. You can bury a secret in the depths of your mind and heart but God sees and feels everything that is within you. Because this is God we are talking about.
As a Christian, I should know and be certain of the fact that Jesus is around and that I am always covered by His presence, love and grace. I’ve no room to doubt, fear or freak out. But yet I do. Because I am a weak human and I fail everyday. And here is Jesus continuing to love me despite this.
If the room is crowded, you’d notice it right? The world is crowded with Jesus. He is literally everywhere you look. And there are those days when we even fail to notice Him. There are those days when we fail to remember that He is around for us and that we are safe in His hands. We just worry and fear like blind people. So again I ask the question…. Are we blind?
Yes and no. No; We are not blind because we all as Christians know and believe that we are in need of a Savior to help us and save us. And yes; because we forget sometimes when the world and the things in it manage to overwhelm us and push us off track.
My prayer for all of us today is that we constantly have our eyes opened to the beautiful knowledge of God’s presence around us. In His presence, fear has no place in us. He crowds the world and every space and crevice in our hearts and souls. Evil will not win today or ever.
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Songs of Joy
Type & Edit by Naomi Scheel
When we were overwhelmed by sins, you forgave our transgressions. Blessed are those you choose and bring near to live in your courts! We are filled with the good things of your house, of your holy temple. You answer us with awesome and righteous deeds, God our Savior, the hope of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest seas, who formed the mountains by your power, having armed yourself with strength, who stilled the roaring of the seas, the roaring of their waves, and the turmoil of the nations. The whole earth is filled with awe at your wonders; where morning dawns, where evening fades, you call forth songs of joy. - Psalm 65:3-8
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Be Glad, Sing for joy, Rejoice!
Type & Photography by Christeen Janning
But let all who take refuge in you be glad; let them ever sing for joy. Spread your protection over them, that those who love your name may rejoice in you! - Psalm 5:11
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Ask in His Name
Type & Edit byJude Dias
Throughout the Bible, we see the recurring theme of how steadfast faith wins in the end. From the earliest days in the Old Testament to the times of Christ and after in the New Testament, we see people of God calling out to Him in faith on more than one occasion. And every time the situation, whatever it may’ve been, ended up turning for the better.
It’s also interesting to note how God never fails anyone who calls out to Him. From the perspective of our human minds, it may seem like God isn’t around but the reality of the situations says otherwise. No matter where you are or maybe, God hears you and answers your prayer.
But do keep in mind that God doesn’t work on your schedule. If you think He does and that He ought to, then you are in for a world of disappointment. God knows better and His time is the right time and therefore even when it seems like nothing is happen, after fervent prayers, do know that God is aware and knows fully where you are at and what you are dealing with.
But at the end of the day, much of this comes together when we pray to God in faith. Hoping for prayers to be answered by God without even praying to Him is us being ignorant of who God is, taking Him for granted and more so deceiving ourselves. Never mistake God to be your butler. Rather we are His servants and it is us that needs to call out to Him in constant prayer as we take on this journey with Jesus.
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I will Answer
Type & Edit byJude Dias
As human beings there’s only so much that we know. We aren’t sure what the future holds for us and we aren’t all that equipped to know every little detail our universe contains. So I believe it is safe for me to say that there are gazillion of things that you and I aren’t even aware of.
God being the Creator of you, me and all of the universe, He knows us and all of the universe inside and out. The Bible says that all the stars are named and that He even knows the number of hairs that we have on our heads. Crazy right! Crazy as it may be it is also awesome because should we ever fall short, all we need to do is call onto Him and He promises to answer us back.
Now praying to God shouldn’t just happen when things are going sour for us but rather, we should be in constant prayer with Him just so that we are able to develop an intimate relationship and thereby grow closer and closer so that we understand what God wants from us. In the process we also learn and understand more of our purpose and destiny that He has in store for us.
All this comes with just the simple act of calling out to Him. Praise God for His goodness.
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Firm & Secure
Type & Edit by Naomi Scheel ,Photography byLizzie Guilbert
My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, so far from my cries of anguish? My God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer, by night, but I find no rest. Yet you are enthroned as the Holy One; you are the one Israel praises. In you our ancestors put their trust; they trusted and you delivered them. To you they cried out and were saved; in you they trusted and were not disappointed. - Psalm 22:1-5
At noon, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon. And at three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” (which means “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”). - Mark 15:33-34
“Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done.” An angel from heaven appeared to him and strengthened him. And being in anguish, he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground. - Luke 22:42-44
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Jesus’s cry on the cross moments before his death mirrors that of David in Psalm 22. If you’re like me, you maybe read these parts, and wonder “how on earth can I trust in God’s presence in my life if David, and even Jesus himself doesn’t even seem to?” These are problems we run into when we read Scripture out of its full context, and out of the light the Gospel in its entirety. David’s psalms are so powerful because they speak to us so well. David, a man of great faith, was never afraid to express his doubts and desperation, but always in the light of God’s eternal promise, faithfulness, and trustworthiness. Jesus, being fully God, but also fully human, experienced the same feelings of desperation and separation as a result of OUR sin, but always keeping in mind God’s promise and trusting His will, even to the cross.
Come what may, we can live freely in trusting God’s will for our lives as we pray with Jesus “yet not my will, but yours be done.” Because even when God seems distant, He is still enthroned as The Holy One, always working His sovereign will. So let us not take dismay in the cries of David and Our Lord, but rejoice in the presence and faithfulness of God even in those moments that they cried out. And just as David’s ancestors, and ours as the people of God, trusted in the Lord and were not disappointed, so we can trust in God and never be disappointed by His saving grace. For “when they cried to you, they were saved,” and so are we.
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Wishing all of you a Blessed & a Joyful New Year 2016 from all of us here at Walk the Same
We pray that this year be the best yet - full of victories and moments filled with the Lord and His presence giving us a relentless spirit to be overcomers and conquerors through Him.
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We wish all of you a Blessed Christmas from all of us here at Walk the Same. Our prayer is that God brings you a renewed sense of hope into your lives this season and in the days moving forward.
For a child has been born—for us! The gift of a Son—for us! He’ll take over the running of the world. His names will be: Amazing Counselor, Strong God, Eternal Father, Prince of Wholeness. His ruling authority will grow, and there’ll be no limits to the wholeness he brings. - Isaiah 9:6
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Righteousness
Type & Edit by Naomi Scheel
For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs. But you, man of God, flee from all this, and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance and gentleness. Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made your good confession in the presence of many witnesses. - 1 Timothy 6:10-12
No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money. - Matthew 6:24
The LORD is righteous in all his ways and faithful in all he does. - Psalm 145:17
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Fear of the Lord
Type & Edit by Naomi Scheel
“Humility is the fear of the Lord; its wages are riches and honor and life.” - Proverbs 22:4
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