Daily Butter 8/29: Right where He wants me

My little addition to Our Daily Bread (8/29/11):

[God to Moses] “Pharaoh will say of the Israelites: They are wandering around the land in confusion; the wilderness has boxed them in.”

[Moses to the people] ”The LORD will fight for you; you must be quiet.”

(Exodus 14:3, 14 HCSB)

And judging from the gripes of the Jews to Moses, Pharaoh was probably right -- except they knew (or at least Moses did) Who they were following. Faith is about confidence in the unseen (Heb 11:1) and often like the Israelites, we are often confused by the path. For my family, our search for a house has been a crazy, adventurous path. And I don’t understand all of the reasons for that path, but while on the journey we found our new church home and could not be more delighted with that. I‘ve learned a lot more about the ins and outs of real estate than I ever intended, so though I’m not eager to try that as a professional direction, it must fit into God’s plan. But the house we have found is everything I had hoped and I count myself very blessed to embark on the adventure of home-ownership. There is still much uncertainty in the new chapter in the adventure, but I will take Moses’ advice: Shut up and trust God.

“For I know the plans I have for you" —[this is] the LORD's declaration—"plans for [your] welfare, not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.” (Jeremiah 29:11 HCSB)

Andy Jentes