All That Matters

As I considered the challenges and battles facing missionaries yesterday, the words stood out, as Colton Dixon's song All That Matters, played on the radio.

He talks about how life changes, things come and go and fade away.

Yet, all that matters is that God is for us, for always. His love will never change. All that matters is that we matter to Him.

Oddly enough, or not, it tied in perfectly with the sermon on Job, that was broadcast yesterday morning as well. God wasn't setting Job up for failure, when He asked Satan if he had considered "my servant Job". God knew Job. He knew His faith. He knew His unwavering. Indeed God chose Job because He knew Job would bring glory to God in all things; and that his response would be as Colton sings. No matter what happens, I matter to God

Thus, regardless of where one finds themselves and what they are encountering, God is not far off.

He is not unreachable or unobtainable.
He is not out of ear shot; not out of range.
We are not in a roaming area, where it will cost extra to reach Him.
God is intimately aware and intimately close.

What greater message is there to share, with those who need to hear and receive the love of God; for those in ministry who need to be reminded of the love of God.

All that matters is that I matter to God.

You should say that out loud, as I just did.

All that matters is that I matter to God.

Pray this #missionsFriday, that the truth of the love of God would go forth. Pray for missionaries, struggling to minister, because they are having difficulty personally, in their faith and life,  even though they know and sense that they too matter to God. Pray for strength and encouragement even this hour. May God do a fresh work in their hearts and minds; that the Holy Spirit would supernaturally revive and rejuvenate the depths of their soul. May they know and trust that wherever they are and whatever they face, that God has chosen them to bring about glory... that our struggles and tears are not in vain, nor are they wasted.

All that matters, matters to God.
Creator and sustainer of life.
Who holds the world in His hands,
Yet His beloved in His heart.
For we are His workmanship
That all may know His glory.

- PNC