You are held, not just protected

Have you ever packed up a room that was once full of life?

Maybe you have moved house, said goodbye to someone you love, or watched a season come to an end at your corps or church. And for a moment you wondered - where do I belong now?

That feeling is real. It is not weakness. It is just what happens when the ground shifts.

In 1 Samuel 25, a remarkable woman called Abigail says something to David that stopped me in my tracks. He is running for his life, uncertain, afraid. And she tells him that his life is safe in the keeping of the living God - secure as a stone in a shepherd’s pouch.

Not behind a wall. Not shielded from a distance. Held close. Carried with care.

Here is what I want you to take with you today. There is a real difference between being protected and being held. A wall can protect you. But only someone who loves you holds you close.

Your belonging has never lived in a person’s hands. It has always been in God’s. The season changes. His hold on you does not.

So here is a small step. Find somewhere quiet today - your kitchen, your car, a lunch break at work - and say it out loud: “I still belong to God.”

You do not have to feel it first. Sometimes we speak the truth before we feel it. And that is okay.

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Take care and God bless.

Rob

Read this week’s devotionals here - https://open.substack.com/pub/battledrilldevotional/p/when-someone-leaves-finding-peace?r=643q6o&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true