Resting in His Presence

So about a month ago I had two dreams that consist of the same themes. But I will only tell the better of the two.

My spouse, family, and I were in a middle of a natural disaster. If I could guess what natural disaster it was I would say a tsunami. Anyway, we were in the middle of the highway trying to run away from the waves. The water was high and the anticipation of another gigantic wave of water was great. There were people all around us in a panic, including myself and my family. We were anxiously trying to get to safety, even though we had no idea what that was. It wasn't long after the dream started that a wave hit us, but we were OK.

Notice how I said that all of us were in a panic except for my husband? I was yelling at him to hurry up and to take this devastation more seriously. It seemed as if he was in no rush, fear, or panic at all.

What is ironic is that, that is who he is in real life. A number of events have happened to us. If I were to go into detail you would be amazed. In fact, our first year of marriage was quite an event. We have experienced major car accidents, failed pregnancy, and family lost. But through it all my husband was the strong one. So positive to the point where it was almost hard to believe. I was waiting for him to panic and it never happened. That made it very hard for me to.

There were times where I knew that deep down he had some sort of disappointment. Some things are just harder on men in ways that women cannot understand. But he never spoke anything negative out of his mouth or gave the enemy any glory by having self pity.

I truly think that God was trying to show me that I needed to truly rest in him. It was almost like he was warning me that some stormy events were coming but not to waver or panic. That I need to completely rely on him and no matter what happens he is still my God and my source.

My pastor is constantly trying to teach us about resting in God's presence and trusting that he is our source. It is funny how you can read a scripture a million times but life can make it have a whole new meaning. Psalm 23 means more to me now than ever.

If we constantly are focused on resting in God, keeping our confidence in God, not speaking and giving life to negativity,  being consistent in our prayer, and consistent in his word, we become a great frustration to the enemy.

Could you imagine what it would be like that no matter what anyone said or what happened in life, nothing could take away our joy. I hope to accomplish this in the near future. Le