This morning, the Lord stitched together lessons from every corner of my quiet time: a worship song, a daily devotion, a verse, my Bible study in Matthew, even my time of renewing my mind. Each thread carried the same truth: God will always provide what I cannot supply.
The song “Honey in the Rock” was the first nudge. I woke with it stuck on repeat in my head, echoing in my spirit before I even opened my eyes. Sweetness from the barren places. Provision from the unexpected. (Side note: if you are not familiar with this song, go find it! So good!!!)
Then came today’s entry in my daily devotion book: “God provides the tools you need to overcome every situation with grace.”
Now grace was given to each one of us according to the measure of the Messiah’s gift.
Ephesians 4:7
Then the verse of the day from my Bible app:
“For the Mighty One has done great things for me—holy is His name”
Luke 1:49
Mary knew her sufficiency didn’t come from herself, but from God.
And then as I continued my daily Bible study – the verse by verse study of Matthew that I’ve been working on for over 20 months, in Matthew 26, I read of Jesus predicting that His disciples—those who truly loved Him—would all fall away. They protested:
“Even if I have to die with You,” Peter told Him, “I will never deny You!” And all the disciples said the same thing.
Matthew 26:35
And yet, within hours, they fled. Every single one.
The Holy Spirit pressed this into my heart:
- They weren’t lying. They meant it when they said they wouldn’t abandon Him.
- But love alone wasn’t enough. Their human strength would fail.
- Jesus knew this, and still loved them, still restored them, still used them to turn the world upside down.
And then, in my daily “mind renewal” reflection time, the Lord connected the last dot: my struggle with rejection.
People—even well-meaning, loving people—will sometimes fail me. Their failure does not mean their love isn’t/wasn’t real. It simply means they are human. But I have often let the fear of losing people, or of not being “enough” for them, rise to supremacy in my heart.
Without realizing it, I made idols of relationships.
But rejection cannot rule me when Christ is enthroned in the highest place.
- When He is supreme, fear of loss loses its grip.
- When He is my sufficiency, other people’s failures cannot define me.
- When He is my source, I can love freely without clinging.
He will never abandon me.
He will never fail.
He will always provide.
Even when all else is stripped away, there will be honey in the rock.
So here’s what I’d like to leave you to consider:
- Who (or what) might you be tempted to elevate into God’s rightful place?
- How does remembering His unfailing provision free you from the sting of rejection?
Trust in Jesus and you will have all that you need.
a surrendered life 