A Simple Message...

God will never give you more than you can bear. That’s my simple message to you today. It seems that there is a lot going on with people lately. Well that’s the way of life I suppose. Often times I have wondered how long we have to stand in the rain before it subsides. I have found that there is nothing harder than waiting on God for deliverance. It is in the waiting that God's word is tried, tested, and proven to be powerful and true. He never said there wouldn’t be trials- He only promised that He would go through them with you; He promised to give you sustaining grace, and peace that passes all human understanding.

There have been times in my life when I have been so overwhelmed and almost drowned myself in tears, but God. In this difficult, seemingly impossible season of your life I pray that you will look around and see traces of Him- your Redeemer. 

Through the darkest of times I have come to know beyond any shadow of doubt that I am not alone. God walks with me…He talks to me…wakes me up in the morning…carries me…watches over me when I sleep. He is with me.

God watches over you; He neither slumbers, nor sleeps. You are on His mind, constantly, every minute of every hour. Don’t give in. Let your faith keep looking up. The world will call you a fool for having hope in a seemingly hopeless situation, but God- He chose the foolish things of the world to confound the wise.  Have no fear and do not despair…let God be God.

A woman I dearly love spoke these words to me a few days ago, “When you feel you are at the end, that is where God begins”.  Beloved, if you have hit rock bottom, remember that the only other way to go from there is up. Cliché as it may sound, God never brought you this far to leave you. That is the honest truth. He will never forsake you. He called you by name and has loved you with an everlasting love. He has the ability to turn the deepest pain into a most beautiful story.

God I speak healing to every heart that is bleeding and in need of your touch. I speak hope to everyone that is in despair. I speak strength to every bone that is weak. I speak comfort for every tear that has fallen. I speak victory in every situation that seems impossible. I speak life to everyone who is at their end. 

Remember that death has no power over you; sickness, disease, poverty- no weapon from hell has power over you, because Jesus conquered it all. 

You are so blessed. From my heart to yours,

Kambua M.

He is right there

Well, it has been quite an intense couple of weeks on my end, so I’ll try to keep this short and precise. I have not been strong, at least not as I think I should be. But I am quickly learning that it’s ok not to be strong sometimes, because in my weakness I have found that God knows no limit, and his strength has no bounds. I have also found that God has surrounded me with the most amazing people; angels in disguise. They don’t always have the ‘right’ things to say, but they are there…constantly walking the journey of life with me. I am blessed, exceedingly and abundantly so. 

When Jesus says that He will never leave nor forsake you, He means just that. If it’s a storm you’re in, He’s right there. If it’s a fiery furnace, He’s in there too. Even when the wind blows hard and threatens your very existence, God is right there. The psalmist David said that even if he laid his bed in hell God was still there. Through hell and high water you are not alone, God is right there. 

When Daniel was thrown into a den of lions, the presence of God protected him. When the three Hebrew boys were thrown into a fiery furnace, God was there- the fourth man in the fire. When the children of Israel crossed the red sea in a panic, fearing that Pharaoh and his army would destroy them, God the master of the sea caused it to close in on Pharaoh and his entire army. By a miraculous move of God, your enemies can and will be silenced, and destroyed, but only if you keep your heart stayed on him. There is a way of escape for you. The walls are not closing in on you; the ceiling is not caving in on you- it’s caving in on the enemy of your soul. In every situation, the Lamb of God conquers triumphantly.

Photography by Rachel Johnston

Don’t be anxious about the tests and trials that come your way; this is the testing of your faith, and in the end it produces endurance, and God has built in you the capacity to endure.If you're reading this and feel like throwing in the towel, ask God for a renewal of your endurance, because it will carry you through the deepest seas. 

As for me, there’s light at the end of the tunnel, steadily growing and dispelling the darkness. May it be the same for you too beloved. May it be well with your soul. Keep holding on. Keep pressing on. Keep on believing that the author and finisher of your faith is well able to finish what he started in your life.

From my heart to yours, you are so blessed!

Kambua M.

My #1 goal

A new year is often accompanied by new plans- to lose weight, to acquire a new skill, to start dating...resolutions, resolutions, and more resolutions. In the past I have written down my plans for a new year and then shelved the journal, totally forgetting what I had resolved to do. So this year I decided to make achievable goals, and stick to them, even when it gets hard…especially when it does. 

My number one goal for the year is to walk with a deepening dependency on God. The more I live, the more I understand that there is a big difference between knowing about God, and truly knowing God…daily walking with him…allowing my heart to break for whatever breaks his, and letting it beat for whatever pleases him.

My walk of faith has been many things, whose total sum is far from perfection, but God. He continues to turn it all around for me…working everything out in my favor. He is the only one with the ability to see my past my actions, and many foolish mistakes, intricately intertwining his grace with my faults, blotting them out, and calling me His own…calling me, Redeemed.

I want my life to be a living sacrifice to God. I once heard someone say that the problem that comes with a living sacrifice is that it can crawl off the altar at any time. Ain't that the truth? How we give ourselves to God, and then when things get uncomfortable, when we are tested and tried, how quickly we squirm and back out? Forgetting or ignoring the process of surrender? I see myself so many times, crawling out…no, running out! Raising my hands in church but stubbornly saying a resounding 'No' in my heart to things that God expects of me. But this year, something has got to give. 

I am reminded of the story of Samson in the Bible. He was a powerful, influential judge, chosen by God to do great things. But Samson slowly began to bend the rules that he was instructed to live by; he danced and flirted with the world…he skipped a requirement here and there and it seemed OK at first. But it wasn't too long before he finally fell into the snare that Delilah had laid out for him. This of many stories in the Bible breaks my heart because Samson thought that he could get out of this situation like he had done countless times before. The scriptures say that Samson 'did not know that the LORD had departed from him'. In a moment of weakness he had given away the secret to his strength- sin had blinded him; so much so, that he never even realized that he was no longer walking with God. 

And so I implore you beloved to walk with a new sensitivity to the Spirit of God. There is a blessing that awaits those that walk in obedience to his will. You can trust that he will perfect what concerns you. You can trust that he can never pull the rug off from under you feet- no! In actually fact, he will cause you feet to be firmly planted. You will be able to stand through hell and high water, when all else around you begins to fall. 

Well, as the story goes, Samson did lose his strength and was taken captive, but that was not the end you see, because his hair began to grow again. His source of strength began to return. God is faithful…it does not matter how many wrong turns you've made- he is better than any GPS ever invented. He will recalculate and re-route a broken and contrite heart to get it on course. It's not too late for you to get back on track. I have been at a place in my past where I felt that I had wasted so much time on superficial things and affiliations. Such a waste of precious time that I can never recover. I wished like never before that I could click on the 'undo' button or 'rewind' and do it all over again in a different way by making better choices. But when I cried out to God, he began to calm the storm and charter me back into his plan. I can now say that I am redeemed, and herein lies the evidence of what I was…what I am not, anymore.

You see beloved, no one can predict the depths of God's will. Even the wisest of the wise, try though they may, cannot unravel the tapestry of His infinite plan. He orchestrates everything for your good. If you allow him, he will work in the warp and woof; in the interwoven fabric of your life.

I have taken sometime to be still as I start this new year, to pay attention to the direction God is pointing me towards. I encourage you to do the same. He loves you with an everlasting love. A stubborn love. A jealous love. Love on him this year. Let your words, and your actions be a love offering given to him. As for me, my resolution is to say a resounding 'YES' to his will, and his way.

I pray that you have a most victorious year. I pray that you find the strength to stay on the altar as a living sacrifice. I pray beloved that when you find confusion clouding your mind, you will pause and look up to Him- the author and finisher of your faith. May He give you the courage to face this year, and a renewed zeal to pursue all your goals. You CAN do ALL things through Him who gives you strength.

From my heart to yours, you are so blessed!

Kambua M.