Brag On God Friday

"You are my witnesses, declares the Lord and my servant whom I have chosen SO THAT you may know and believe me and understand that I am he..." Isaiah 43:10

That is so beautiful! We get to brag on Him and His work in our lives. The result? Knowing Him more. It reminds me of Philemon 6, "I pray that you may be active in sharing your faith, so that you will have a full understanding of every good thing we have in Christ."

"Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. for my yoke is easy and my burden is light."  Matthew 11:28-30

When our view of God becomes bigger and more true to the reality of who He is, we experience rest in the deepest part of who we are. Like a cool drink of sweet tea on a hot day. So putting these together, when we brag on God, it expands our view of God which  in turn gives us rest because we trust Him more.

It's easy to get overwhelmed with the impossible tasks set before us. At times I feel like I have spent all my resources and it was only a drop in a bucket. (Do you relate?)

But then I remember God called us to the impossible. It's then we get to see Him come through as He did for Jonothan and his armor-bearer, David, Moses, Paul, Joseph, Abigail...

Philips, Craig and Dean have a song called "You Are". They sing, You are unchangable, unshakable... and then the doosie....  UNSTOPABLE.  Oh, how refreshing! God is unstopable! Nothing can stop Him... nothing. When He wants to do something, He does it. Nobody or any created thing can thwart His plans.

Does this bewilder you as it does me? Why this and why that come to mind. It's humbling. I am put in my place that His ways truly are higher than mine. His plans are truly things I can't begin to imagine.

He will do as He promises in Isaiah 45:2, "I will go before you and  will level the mountains; I will break down gates of bronze and  cut through bars of iron. I will give you the treasures of darkness, riches stored in secret  places, SO THAT (there it is again) you may know that I am the Lord,  the God of Israel, who summons you by name."

45:8, 24 "let salvation  spring up, let righteousness flourish with it; I, the Lord, have created  it...They will say of me, In the Lord alone are deliverance and strength."  Yes Lord!

Find rest for your soul with me and spend some time bragging on God.

Photo Credit Kristina

Brag on God Friday's is a link up to  brag about God.  You can share  any post about how He came through for you when  you took a step  of faith, how  He answered a prayer, what He showed you through  His Word about  Himself, how He  gave a glimpse of Himself through His  creation, basically  anyway you have seen  Him reveal Himself.

If you  would like to use this  opportunity to brag  on God, go ahead and link up. Just  post my button (found  on the side bar on the  right or under the BOGF tab) or  link within your post so others can find us.  After you have  linked your  post, ask God to speak to you through the others  linked up and  leave them a  brief encouraging comment.

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