Above The CloudsSample

Beneath The Clouds

I recently had an interaction with a complete stranger over social media about our ministry. Varsity Action Sports Ministries is a mission outreach where we get to travel into the places where traditional churches may overlook. We get to use skateboarding as a tool to share the gospel in the lives of the lost. Before the conversation with this stranger had started I was feeling above the clouds! Our ministry had just returned from an event at a VBS where we saw multiple students commit their lives to Jesus. Our devotionals on YouVersion were receiving some amazing positive feedback. However, all it took was one negative message from someone on social media to leave me feeling like my worth was much less valuable than what God knows it to be. Instead of feeling above the clouds, I felt very far below them. When you're beneath the clouds you can become lost. It's dark. You have no clear path. You may feel alone or abandoned. Just because we cannot see the sun doesn't mean that it isn't there.

Focus: Think of a time where you were beneath the clouds. A time where you are asking God for a purpose or plan and you hear nothing back. What did you do in that time? In what way did God bring you out of that situation? We often focus so much on the situation that we forget about the plan God already has for us to overcome.