What God Wants You to Know

What does God want you to know?  What does He want me to know?  I have noticed that little icon and message on Facebook, “God wants you to know”.  I understand we have the Bible that is God’s inspired word.  I don’t claim to be a prophet bringing the word of God to you by miraculous means.  I have just been thinking about what it might be that God REALLY wants us to remember.

I think that God might just want us to know that it is going to be O.K.  I know that might sound trivial and maybe there are more important revelations about God and His character, but that just seems to sum it all up for me.  God is whispering, “I am here, I will help you, it’s all going to be O.K.”  What a comfort that is.  Knowing that God is always in our corner is a great comfort.  He told us on so many occasions through the inspired writers.  We just need to listen.

God tells us through the prophet Isaiah, “Do not be afraid, for I am with you.” (Isaiah 43:5)  Jesus tells us in Matthew 28:20, “I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”  Even when we walk through the valley, God is with us and comforts us (Psalm 23). 

Let’s once again read from the pen of David in Psalm 27:1.  “The Lord is my light and my salvation— so why should I be afraid?  The Lord is my fortress, protecting me from danger, so why should I tremble?”  David reminds us that with God on our side everything is going to be O.K.  When we worry about our lives, God is right in the middle of it.  When we face disease and death, God is there to comfort us. 

David goes on in verse 5, “For He will conceal me there when troubles come; He will hide me in his sanctuary.  He will place me out of reach on a high rock.”  God will conceal us when troubles come.  Another version says “he will hide me in his shelter in the day of trouble”. (ESV)  What a comfort to know that our amazing God cares enough about us to hide us in our times of toil, stress, anxiety and worries.  Our God is a God of not only the sunny days, but maybe more comforting; our God is the God of the storms as well.  That same God who created the universe and stilled the sea wants to hide you and me during our times of trouble.  He whispers through the rain…”it’s going to be O.K.  I AM is here. 

God Bless!