Sunday Sentiments: He Goes Before

 

This week has been full of the unexpected. We’ve had days that have been good and days that have been hard. I’ll be able to tell more of the story later, when we’re through it and not still living in its (messy) middle, but I do have to pause today to tell you the thing that has absolutely stood out to me the most throughout the entire week.

            God has gone before.

            Every single step of the way, He has gone before.

            Every Scripture I have read in my daily devotions? Perfect for this week. I’m reading one book that focuses on the Old Testament, one that focuses on the New, one Scripture compilation calendar that I put together before July arrived, and a Bible study on Jacob’s life. And in all of those varied locations, I have found perfectly timed words.

            The Scripture calendar is about listening, so I’ve been trying to spend extra time in quiet prayer before the Lord merely listening, and in that, He has gone before. He has laid on my heart things I need to hear and know – before I know I need to know it.

            The messages I’ve been preparing for church have been perfectly timed (it turns out) for my own heart in addition to hopefully being well-timed for the church, too.

            I’ve written pages in my journal to keep track of how He has gone before and prepared the way.

            It reminds me of way back in junior high, when I was dealing with a bully at school (before I even knew what bullying was) and I “happened” to stumble upon a Scripture about how God sends His angels ahead to prepare the way. In the hurt of those days, it was such a comfort to know that God was going before and preparing a way. And 46-year-old-Bekah has never forgotten the lesson junior-high Bekah learned that day.

            He has gone before. He is going before.

            I am so grateful.