Deuteronomy 31:8
Don’t be afraid, for the Lord will go before you and will be with you; he will not fail nor forsake you.”
Scripture taken from the Contemporary English Version © 1991,1992, 1995 by American Bible Society, Used by Permission.
I
will apologize now…but you will probably hear a lot in the coming
weeks/months about my mother, who has just begun chemotherapy for
ovarian cancer…and the director of Children’s Ministries at our church -
Donna, who suffered a brain bleed a few days ago and is in critical
condition in the ICU of a Little Rock hospital. Though separated in age
by about 25 years, both women have incredible faith in God and have
been busy telling anyone who will listen that “God’s got this! He is in
complete control…and it will all be okay.”
There are times when
this is really hard to remember…even for the most faith-filled among
us. When your mother is sick and suffering from the poison she has been
given to kill cancer (which also does a number on your entire body –
even the “good” cells) it would be easy to ask, “Where did God go?”
When a young woman who is the heart and soul (not to mention an
“efficiency machine”) for a ministry that serves dozens of children…a
woman who is expecting her first grandbaby in February and serves as a
foster parent (along with her husband) to a toddler…is literally knocked
to her knees with a near-fatal brain hemorrhage…questioning God’s
presence is understandable.
But here’s the thing…I’ve already
seen God in action in both of these women…not only in the way they are
conducting themselves, but also in the lives they are touching in these
circumstances. I’ve read the dozens – if not hundreds – of posts and
comments to them on Facebook…I know that exponentially, there are
probably THOUSANDS of people praying for both of them – and others like
them. If you think about how many prayers are being uttered each day
for others, you have to imagine that the din in Heaven is deafening!
And yet, I believe that God hears each and every petition that is
offered.
So while we all have situations and circumstances at one
time or another that offer us the perfect opportunity to get
discouraged and lose hope, we have every reason not to do so…and it is
found in this amazing verse from Deuteronomy 31…” Don’t be afraid, for
the Lord will go before you and will be with you; he will not fail nor
forsake you.”
Honestly, this is all we need to know. I’m
standing on this promise and claiming it for my mom, my friend, and
others. What about you? Are you worried and afraid? Are you ready to
give that fear and concern to God and trust that He goes before you and
will not fail? Will this be the day that we all “let go and let God?”
Don’t you think it should be?
©2015 Debbie Robus
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