Years ago, I found this scripture during one of the lowest points of my life, and it honestly caught me by surprise. I had been through a rough divorce which I had healed from and moved on to remarry. This remarriage moved my son and I to another state and to a new adventure, suddenly as part of a household of eight! Things seemed to be looking up on the path our Lord was leading me on. Then, the trials started. Small at first, easy to get through and press on. Slowly, the stakes got higher and higher. People who we thought we could trust in started to tear our family apart. The trials became tougher. I stood on what I felt like God had called us to. The trials piled on top of each other, with a stack that seemed like there was no way out. I had trusted in the Lord, and sought Him. He sent me a message of hope – that He would provide and protect my son and I when we found ourselves suddenly alone, in a house newly rented, months after I had been laid off. The man that I had been called to be with had temporarily lost his battle with what was trying to take him over. He had left, and so everyone figured I should do the same; drop everything and leave. Everyone around us, including family, told us to leave, to break the lease. They said that was my only option, to leave the state we were now in and go back to where my family was.
This scripture struck at my heart – could my faith really be that important? Could it be bigger than the level of faith I was currently holding? I decided that if there was ever a time to really see if faith in the One who has sent us so many promises could be bigger than I had imagined. I took the word that I had received, that He would provide and protect, and stood on it, reminding Him that it was now His name on the line and not mine. For it was His name that had been presented to everyone surrounding us: to the property management company and their not-so-very-pleasant people there, to our friends and family, to our new neighbors. I knew in my heart that we had been led to that point, and to that house. My God is not a god of breaking leases, or of running away, or one to bring me to a point of fear. He is a God who tells me not to fear, that if I seek His Kingdom that He will provide what we need. He is a God of protection from those who seek to harm and bring us down. I told everyone what I had heard, what He had told me. I had little to lose, and this scripture told me that through all these trials, through all we were facing, that my faith which He was helping to elevate beyond what I could imagine, to a level I had only read about for others, that my faith is more precious than the gold our world economies stand on. And not only does this tell me how precious my faith is that He was building, but that it would praise, honor and glorify!
Seriously? Could I do this? It would be so easy to just hang it all up and give in….
I printed this out, and hung it on my wall. It reminded me of what He was doing in me, a great work.
So what happened? I could write volumes of books to tell you what happened! My God of great wonders showed up and showed off! After I dropped everything and dropped to my knees, mighty works of miracles broke through for us! The utility cutoff notifications that I had received were all paid miraculously! Every month’s rent (very high rent!) was paid through daily miracles! Every bill was paid, every need was met! He brought me to a place of work that didn’t pay enough to pay bills but it provided the food we needed. More importantly it provided a place where I could share with others who were going through the same things we had faced, and tell them how we had overcome through His Spirit. There it was that I couldn’t help myself but to share the hope of Jesus, our blessed Father and the guidance of the Holy Spirit to these people, letting them know that if He would do all of this for us, He would do it for them too! Through that time not only did we see daily miracles for us, but those we shared our story with!
As this beautiful scripture says, the genuineness of my faith, that had been tested through the trails, as I shared it it brought praise, honor and glory to Him!
I pray this piece blesses you. It is beautiful printed on photo paper, or plain paper as needed. Printing on top of a decorated paper with similar colors in light shades would be beautiful for a collage piece.
Beautiful digital art in 300dpi in a square format. This can be printed 12″x12″ or larger/smaller as needed. Please note this is a digital download product, thus nothing will be mailed. You will receive a jpg, and png non-watermarked versions.
This scripture tile art is what I’ve used to print actual square tiles that can be placed around the home (those to be offered on Etsy in the future). It can be printed in this size, or scaled to whatever size is needed. The white space on the left and bottom can be extended for other size printouts.
