Write His Answer

“Don’t panic. I’m with you. There’s no need to fear for I’m your God. I’ll give you strength. I’ll help you. I’ll hold you steady, keep a firm grip on you” (Isa. 41:10 MSG).

Don’t panic. I’m not, at least not yet. In fact, I feel surprisingly calm. Or is it sadness – numbness – at the doctor’s words yesterday? My knees are “worn out.” He compared them to bald tires and said both knees need to be replaced.

I’m with you. Thank you, Father, for the assurance that You are with me. I remember the first words I felt You speak to me many years ago. “Child, I never said it would be easy to follow Me, but I have promised always to be with you.”

There’s no need to fear for I’m your God. Father, You know the struggle I’ve had with fear and the hard won victories of learning to trust You in other areas of my life and ministry. Help me to embrace this new challenge – to embrace You.

I’ll give you strength. Thank You for Your promise that You give “power to the tired and worn out, and strength to the weak” (Isa. 40:29 TLB). I don’t think it’s a stretch to believe that includes tired and worn out and weak knees. 🙂

I’ll help you. Thank You for a good doctor and for the gel treatments that I’m trusting will get me through this year’s conferences and give me time to lose more weight (so important) before surgery this fall. Thank You for the “God-incident” (not “coincidence”) of using the Facebook posts I’ve resisted writing to connect me with Julie Morris and her Guided By Him weight-loss program. I can feel You smiling, Father.

I’ll hold you steady, keep a firm grip on you. Thank You, Father!

What challenge(s) are you facing? Will you trust Him, too?