My Soul Knows
“I trust in the LORD; my soul trusts in His word.”
Gals - I’ll be real honest. It is late. I’ve had a long day, followed by a long prayer time with some big battles. God was pulling weeds out of my garden tonight, and I’m sore. Cleaner, better, and freer - but sore.
I don’t know all that He’s doing. I don’t know where we’re going together. I can’t see what’s coming next. But I can see Him. When I close my eyes, I can see His face.
I can’t see the future, but I can see Him.
And that’s all I need. So often, I crane my neck trying to catch sight of His plans for me; I try to look past the Father, around Him to see into the future. But that never works; it doesn’t lead to freedom. When I look for a future that doesn’t have the Father in it, it’s a recipe for anxiety.
When I’m lost and confused and grasping for a glimpse at the future, I have to keep my eyes on Him. I have to keep my eyes on the one whom my soul loves (SOS 3:4). I have to set my heart on the one whom my soul trusts. I have to let my soul remind me where to look because even when I’m unsure, my soul knows. My soul knows who it longs for. My soul knows who to trust.
My soul knows where to go.
My soul knows where it belongs and who it belongs to. My soul trusts in His word (Ps 130:5) - in the promises that He’s made to me and the covenant He built for me. God enacted a covenant for me thousands of years ago. And my soul knows it. My soul remembers.
Sisters, I’m getting out of my own head tonight. I’m pushing past my insecurities. I’m casting out the lies I believe. I’m turning my eyes back to Him, and I’m turning my heart back to Him. I’m relying on my soul to remember because I’m tired, and I need Him. My soul knows who to trust, and I’m going with that. Because I need a Savior every single day, and I’m not ashamed to admit it.
Father,
I need You. We all do.
Please come with Your healing power. Please come with Your patient Spirit. Please bring Your tender love.
Help us to be like You. Help us to keep our eyes trained on You - watching the way You love Your people.
Father, help us to get out of our own heads and to just be loved. Help us to rest in Your love, to just rest in You.
We know that Your Kingdom isn’t shaken, that You heal us and make us whole with just one word. Help us to believe.
Father, I love You. Please help me to live like it.