NOT UNTIL.....

Often we fail to see the greatness in what God is doing in our lives.  What we view them as hard times, trials, disappointments, failures, loss.....God sees them differently.  They are not always God sent but God will take things and use them to better us for HIS purpose in our lives.


Psalm 34:19
Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.

It is when you walk through some "STUFF" that you begin to understand who God is and what he can and will do for you. 

It isn't until you are sick, that you truly see how Jesus is your Healer.
It isn't until you have sinned and been lost, that you understand Jesus as your Redeemer.
It isn't until you have suffered loss that you really understand God is your Restorer. 
It isn't until you have been rejected that you understand Jesus is the Lover of your Soul.
It isn't until you have loss your job, car, home.....that you understand Jehovah Jireh is your Provider.
It isn't until you have been betrayed that you understand that Jesus is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
It isn't until you get lost in your mess, that you will find that the Lord will be your GPS back to the cross.
It isn't until you feel afraid, and fear for your life that you understand that God is your hiding place and protector. That he places Angels to guard you day and night.
It isn't until you have no answers to the many questions you have that you realize in Christ alone lies your answers.
It isn't until you are lonely, that you can grasp that you are never alone with Jesus at your side.
It isn't until you have someone die that come to know that the Holy Spirit is the Great Comforter.
It isn't until your world gets rocked apart that you find out that The Lord is the Prince of Peace to you.
It isn't until you walk through depression so deep you don't think you can ever get out, that you find the Lord will bring Joy in the morning.
It isn't until you have divorced or lost a companion to death that you begin to feel how much Jesus will be your Companion, your Husbandmen.

It is in our lack....that God brings miracles, wonders, and the supernatural to reveal himself to us.

Look for him in all you walk through.  He is there waiting for you to call upon him and trust him.