Not Giving Up Anything

 

And Amaziah said

      to the man of God:

"But what shall we do

  about the hundred talents

that I have given

  to the army of Israel?"

The man of God answered:

"The LORD is able to

    give you much more

    than this."

             2 Chronicles 25. 9

(Sometimes responding to God

means running toward

and sometimes walking away.

Trust Me in this.

God has something much deeper

                 in mind

  of which we may not yet see.

Indeed, that we may not

           ever realize

     His significance in it.

When we respond

   and follow God into it,

we are not giving up anything.

Nothing can compare

    to faithfulness to Him.

We cannot see

    the other side of this.

But we can realize

  a closer walk with Him

changes everything

backward, forward,

   and even in this day.)

O LORD,

Help us to trust You

  in what You have led us to do,

even in what is hard,

even in what we don't understand,

     even in the unexpected.

Fulfill Your eternal designs

   not just in this situation,

                       but in us.

Give us the strength and wisdom

    to direct this appointment to You.

You are able

    to give us much more than

    we can ever imagine,

a deeper relationship with You.

And nothing can compare

                   with that.