Radical God
2025, God is proving to be funny, and quite radical. (Click here to read the definitions of radical)
I don't know how else to start this off, other than just jumping in stating how God is always working things for our good, and His hand is in ALL THINGS. My hand "in" something is a cute little illusion. At least that's how I'm feeling lately.
I have a template that I use for my blog cover posts; it helps me maintain a color pattern I like as well as not have similar images next to each other. That worked all of 2024. But in the first few weeks of 2025 God showed me HIS PLAN was not only better, but actively unfolding. He gave me some laughs...
The lamb on the post for the 8th, great! I title it Radical Peace, all good.
There's some sheep on the 15th, awesome. That morning of the 9th, I title it Genesis 8 because of the significance that book had on me. That night, I go to a show at church and hear a song "radical love" that ROCKED ME! It confirmed to my flesh what I had written earlier that morning.
I start to unwind after the show, and after having that encounter with the Spirit I figured I had to start writing my next post! When I get everything opened up on my computer, I scroll to what would be my 1/22 post, I was laughing to myself because I had written radical peace, then the next night God gives me a song "Radical love". As I was waiting for the buffering to end, I thought, "ya know what? I'm gonna go ahead and title this one "Radical God".
When it finally opened up, Not only did I have 3 consecutive weeks of a "radical" theme, the lamb for that post was the SAME IMAGE as my radical peace post.
I mean, who cares, right? It probably doesn't matter much to anyone else, but to ME, this whole blog is centered around The ONE He leaves the 99 for, and that image for Radical Peace and Radical God is a single, lone lamb. God used a radical theme and a humble image of a lamb to just show me-little old me- that I am never forsaken.
I wouldn't go as far as to say that Radical Peace, Genesis 8, and Radical God are a series, but I definitely think when I go back and read them consecutively, they tie together.
I went from sadness and sorrow to having peace despite not really understanding what was going on. Then to seeing the storm that was crushing me actually be a refining moment that was going to result in such a beautiful blessing. To experience God's Word CONFIRM- in such a personal way- that He is:
- NEVER far from me. (Acts 17:27)
- NEVER not working out every finite detail of my life (Romans 8:28)
- NEVER going to leave me behind. (Luke 15:4)
- NEVER will lose His grip on me. (John 10:28)
All that being said, it's an absolutely wild, dare I say radical, ride as a believer. I've experienced some LOW lows, and some HIGHER THAN HIGH highs. I've found myself in places only He could get me out of (and He has), and I've found myself in places only HE could get me to.
I actually started a podcast a while ago, and wasn't sure what direction I should go with it. I just had to start, ya know? After a lot of technical difficulties, I made it online with a lot of tears. After that, I went radio silent.
*womp womp womp*
But God, in His perfect timing, has shown me how to proceed in getting that out there again! I don't say that to try to get views, or likes, or any of that. (if anything it scares me to know people may see me be so vulnerable) I share this because today, I see that there were a LOT of things that had to be worked out before I could proceed in a way that would glorify God, not self.
Are you in a season of refinement? Do you struggle with feeling forgotten, left behind, or forsaken? If you do, I'm sorry. That's a hard feeling- regardless if it's accurate or not. But I would like to challenge your thinking, and your actions, like I've had to challenge mine. This is where I landed.
JUST GO.
When you feel alone, forsaken and forgotten, GO:
*to your Bible. *to your brothers and sisters in Christ. *to your Pastor. *to a trusted believer.
When you feel like you don't belong and think it's better to be alone, GO:
*to the service. *to the study. *to the gathering. *to the event. *to the small group. *to the prayer meeting. *on the zoom call.
We need to be aware of the enemy's schemes and tactics, and one of them is to keep you away from God and away from the Church.
YOU are the 1 He left the 99 for. JUST GO! And go with God.