ALL AROUND ME!

 ALL AROUND ME!

Ps. 139:5-6 You both precede and follow me. You place your hand of blessing on my head. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too great for me to know. NLT

God is all around you. He has your back covered, your front covered, and He walks beside you each step you take. Wow! What a wondrous truth this is. God is before us to lead us on the right path. God is behind us to cover our tracks. And, He is beside us to hold us steady along the pathway of life. How can we not make it home to heaven?

When the Lord is leading the way, we won't get lost and we won't wander into our enemy's territory. When He walks behind us, He stands between us and our past. When God sees us, He sees Christ standing there clothing us in His righteousness. When we let Him lead us, we can rest in Him as we travel. It's a win-win situation. Relax and let the Lord take care of you. He even puts His hand of blessings on our heads as we rest in Him!

Satan wants you to see your old self. He wants to remind you of how bad of a person you were. He doesn’t want you to forget and will do all he can to keep you from seeing who are now in Christ. Whenever he brings up your past, bring up your present. Tell him that is not who you are now. Tell Him that Jesus has made you a child of God, that He has set you free from your ugly past. Whenever he tries to drag you down, take the hand of Jesus and let Him lift you up. Claim what is yours in Christ: righteousness, holiness, citizenship in heaven, peace, joy, victory, love, grace, goodness, and eternal life with God.

It is so amazing what the Lord does for us as we live out our faith in Him. It is so wonderful that we can scarcely take it in. We have no idea what all the Lord does before and behind us to keep us steady on our feet. All we know is that the Lord is always with us and is watching out for us protecting us from our past and preparing us for our future as we let Him have control of us. "O Lord, my God, how great thou art!!"