"There is an appointed time for everything. And there is a time for every event under heaven.." - Ecclesiastes 3:1 (NIV).
There was once a child who was given a prized ball at Christmas. He loved his ball dearly that all he did was to hide it in a safe corner under his bed. When he would go out to play his friends would ask for the ball. He would wave them off that his parents had locked it up, though he had it. The boy feared letting go the ball for it would be soiled with dirt, wear out and perhaps burst. It lay untouched.
One day he decided to check on his ball. What does he find! Rats had been slowly chewing on it- that it had all shriveled up and quite useless. The boy regretted that if he had only let the ball go much earlier- he would have had a game with it, unlike now when he lost it without ever enjoying it!
A young Moses was quite anxious to liberate the Israelites from the bondage of the Egyptian oppressors. One day while out he decided to take matters in his hands. "Looking this way and that and seeing no one, he killed the Egyptian and hid him in the sand" (Exodus 2:12). When word got to Pharaoh, Moses had to flee, to avoid being killed.
Forty years down the road, having long let go of a matter that once consumed his life to a point of taking a life, God lifted Moses up out of a bush. "The Lord said, “I have indeed seen the misery of my people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their slave drivers, and I am concerned about their suffering. So I have come downtown rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians" (Exodus 3:7-8).
The Moses story is about a young man who held on to a vision and wanted to achieve it all through his might. However, when he let go, and was out on his own, apparently having forgotten all about it, God came and lifted him, "So now, go. I am sending you to Pharaoh to bring my people the Israelites out of Egypt" (Exodus 3:10).
Perhaps in your life there is a matter that you have been holding on to and nothing seems to be progressing, and you are all restless. Why not just let go, and have the Almighty God take over, for you may be surprised what happens then!
Prayer for today: Lord Father God of Abraham, maker of heaven and earth, today I decide to let go that matter since troubling me, that your will is done as you please, this I pray in Jesus's name.
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03/05/2024 - 04/05/2024 All day“So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand” (Isaiah 41:10)
Every now and then one could be gripped with fear because of certain events sweeping before one’s life journey. It could be the finances that are stretched and incomes are no longer certain. Perhaps it is one’s job under threat. Perhaps it is a dreaded health report card. There could be fear about outcome of a matter under judgment and what it might mean to one’s future.
Fear has been elsewhere described as “an unpleasant emotion caused by the threat of danger, pain, or harm.” Every life will experience fear at one point. Whenever we are faced with fear it is natural to look for something to grasp on. Sometimes we run for shelter wherever we can find. Perhaps we might seek out a friend for quiet confidence.
But there are those situations when there is no shelter in sight. There are also those cases where those we thought would understand our situation once we share our pain return only hurting and critical feedback. In such moments we might then turn and look within ourselves only to find the energy has all been sapped by this gnawing fear. We feel down and the urge to rise and move on all gone!
“So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand" (Isaiah 41:10) the word of God through prophet Isaiah assures us. But why? It is because the Lord has been there. He himself was faced with fear before his crucifixion but He looked to God.
Charles Spurgeon once wrote when faced with fear always remember, “Nothing is too hard for Him. He can find a way where there is no way. He can give us the idea that will make all the difference.” Psalm 91:2, says, “I will say to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress, My God, in whom I trust!” So, when faced with fear, look to God to strengthen you. By looking to Him, the Lord will encourage and lift up your spirit, and make a way out of nowhere!
Prayer for today: Lord Father God of Abraham, maker of heaven and earth, today I surrender to you any fear that is in me for I know by looking up to you, you will always make a way out of nowhere, this I pray in Jesus’ name!
