When “Longsuffering Echoes in My Heart

Those words. "Longsuffering." They're familiar, yet they don't exactly fill me with joy when I feel the Holy Spirit whispering them. Immediately, a little voice inside me groans, "Here I am, Lord...longsuffering...again." My ears definitely don't perk up. And honestly, it hurts. It hurts knowing that pruning is necessary, that more stretching and refining is needed. It's like, "God, do you have to right now?"

I've even asked Him, "Why the silence during the exam?" It feels like I'm facing these challenges alone, without guidance in the moment. The teacher isn't speaking, and the test of life is pressing in. So, what am I supposed to do?

Then, the truth rings out, clear and strong: I must STAND on His Word, come what may. That's the anchor in the storm. He is not a man that He should lie, nor repent. Whatever God brings me to, He promises to bring me through. Through the highs and the lows, the easy and the difficult, He remains the same. He never changes; we do. We're the ones who shift and waver, sometimes even dismissing Him during those challenging journeys. We can fall into the trap of quick, five-minute prayers, barely listening for His voice, for His thoughts towards us for the day.

But He is faithful and just in all His ways. Even in the pruning, even in the silence, He is working. So today, I'm choosing to allow Him to prune me. I'm choosing to trust in His unwavering goodness.

Daily Confession:

“Lord, thank you for pruning me as your tree planted by the rivers of living water, bearing much fruit.”

“And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.”

Romans 8:28 (KJV)