Isaiah 41:10 – So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you. I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
Isaiah 40:31 – But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.
I am listening right now to some instrumental music – my muse lately. It is a simple piano piece with the right hand playing a single note, like a child playing a song. A lullaby of sorts. I don’t know the song, but there is something familiar about it’s simpleness, it”s call to quiet and calm. It’s as if Jesus put this song on at the moment that I was reading these verses. To remind me of the simple beauty of the truth that He is my strength, my resource, my help. My “up-holder”.
This week I have had many things on my mind. Some wonderful, some difficult. God has brought opportunities right and left. Some wonderful, some difficult. God has brought people through my life this week. Some wonderful, some difficult. And I find myself leaning towards being overwhelmed by both the wonderful and the difficult. Not because I am afraid of any of it. But because I know I’m not enough to do all of it or any of it as well as my heart longs to.
I see the things that God is dropping on my doorstep (nearly literally) and I stand with my mouth wide open in awe. I am so very thankful. And with that look of awe comes a deer in the headlights look as well. My eyes wide with anticipation, but also not a clue as to how it will all play out or the role I am to play in all of it. I say that I’m not afraid, but maybe it is fear. Fear of falling short. Of failing. Of missing something.
Yesterday I talked with my new friend and song collaborator, Bo, and we both decided that as we start on this new “odyssey”, our theme behind everything that we do or create will be “I Surrender All”. All of it. All my uncertainty. All my insecurities. All my fears. Giving it to Jesus, knowing that I’m not and will never be enough, but that that fact doesn’t stop Him from doing what He wants to do. In fact, it gets me out of the way so that He can do just that. All I have to do is show up and listen. He gets to do the magic. But I get to watch.
Here is the version of the song “I Surrender All” – a song of complete trust and total abandon….
