The Camel's Are Coming Part 2

The Camels Are Coming - Part #2

Well, the story is still unfolding, so here goes.

This morning when I arrived at work, one of the men asked me if I had read the Streams in the Desert for January 6th, which was the spot where my new friend, Glenda, had her bookmark. What a novel idea.

Well here is a snapshot into the reading for January 6th:

"When you pass through the waters ... they will not sweep over you."
Isaiah 43:2

God does not open paths for us BEFORE we come to them, or provide help BEFORE help is needed. He does not remove obstacles out of our way before we reach them. Yet when we are at our point of need, God's hand is outstretched.

Many people forget this whole truth and continually worry about difficulties they envision in the future. They expect God to open and clear many miles of road before them, but He promises to do it step by step, only as their need arises. You must be in the floodwaters BEFORE you can claim God's promise ...

When you pass through the waters
Deep the waves may be and cold,
But Jehovah IS our refuge,
And His promise is our hold;
For the Lord, Himself has said it,
He, the faithful God and true:
When you come to the waters
You will not go down, BUT THROUGH!

Seas of sorrow, seas of trial,
Bitter anguish, fiercest pain,
Rolling surges of temptation
Sweeping over heart and brain --
They will never overflow us
For we know HIS word is true;
All His waves and all His billows
He will lead us safely THROUGH.

Threatening breakers of destruction,
Doubt's insidious undertow,
Will not sink us, will not drag us
Out to ocean depths of woe;
For His promise will sustain us,
Praise the Lord, whose Word is true!
We will not go down, or under,
For He says, You will pass THROUGH!"

Coincidence? I think not! This story is still unfolding and I will share more with you next week. Our God is an awesome God and HE STILL SPEAKS STO HEARTS! - Bill Welte is President and CEO of America's KESWICK

GOD'S WORD FOR TODAY: Ruth 1-4; Luke 8:1-25

THINK ABOUT THIS: "Here is the secret life of prayer: Take time in the inner chamber to bow down and worship; and wait on Him until He unveils Himself, and takes possession of you, and goes out with you to show how a man can live and walk in abiding fellowship with an unseen Lord."
Andrew Murray