Watching Over His Word

 

“One of the many differences between holy angels and mankind, is that holy angels have absolute trust in God’s character and sovereignty.”

That was the word that the Spirit shared with me as I contemplated all the intimate things that go on behind closed doors in the house of the Lord. Intimate moments that transpire between human souls and their Maker. Moments that will only and ever be known by those who are beloved by their Beloved. Moments of clarity, moments of refreshing, moments of revelation— moments that simply cannot be expressed in human words, so they remain moments suspended, like a bridge, between the mind of God and the sanctified soul. Moments when God is at work, undetected by most, in our midst. 

Even though the mountains may crumble into the sea, I am not afraid, because the One Who is working will continue to work until He accomplishes all He has envisioned in us (John 5:17; Phil 1:6;2:13). The mind of the Lord will be carried out among His called and chosen and there is nothing anyone can do to stop it. The Lord will have His broad plain, regardless of how many mountains try to rise up across the landscape. Because the Lord is “watching over His word to accomplish it” (Jer 1:12). 

I don’t need to know how all the puzzle pieces fit together, because I know that the Lord is watching over His word to accomplish it. I don’t need to know what prophecy will look like when it’s actually carried out, because I know that the Lord is watching over His word to accomplish it. There are many things I don’t need to know, because all I really need to know is that I can trust the Lord to watch over His word and accomplish it. 

May we not be so very different from the holy angels, as we all put our absolute trust in God’s character and sovereignty.

(Is 40:3-5) A voice of one calling: “Prepare the way for the LORD in the wilderness; make a straight highway for our God in the desert. Every valley shall be lifted up, and every mountain and hill made low; the uneven ground will become smooth, and the rugged land a plain. And the glory of the LORD will be revealed, and all humanity together will see it. For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.”

(Ps 46:1-3) God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth is transformed and the mountains are toppled into the depths of the seas, though its waters roar and foam and the mountains quake with their surging.

(Jer 1:11,12) And the word of the LORD came to me, asking, “Jeremiah, what do you see?” “I see a branch of an almond tree,” I replied. “You have observed correctly,” said the LORD, “for I am watching over My word to accomplish it.”