The Lord has recently been teaching me a lot about fully relying on him.

And what a better season to learn and practice this in than one when I am stripped of all my comforts? 

As I was on the plane to Costa Rica, I read Psalm 73 and this passage hit me hard.

Psalm 73:25-26 says, "Whom have I in heaven but you? And earth has nothing I desire besides you. My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever."

There have been many times throughout the past few weeks that the enemy has tried to convince me of untruth; times that I have questioned the sovereignty of God and tried to rely on my own might. And wow has this left me exhausted, anxious, and empty.

As I sat on the plane heading into a new season of my life, the Lord reminded me that there is none I need but him. He alone is enough. 

In the moments that I feel lonely, God is with me. In the moments that I feel unqualified, he meets me there. In the moments that I begin to miss home, I have a home in him. He is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. I can be away from everyone and everything that I know and still feel peace because he is all that I need. 

I may fail, the enemy may even convince me of untruth, but none of this changes the sovereignty of my Heavenly Father and his immense love for me. 

My prayer for this season is that there is nothing else on this earth that I desire more than the Father. I want to be so hungry for more of him that everything I do flows out of this hunger. I am being refined each and every day to rely more fully on God. He is all that I need.