Early on in my Christian walk, I purchased a Ryrie Study Bible from Berean Christian Store in Colton, CA. I loved going through the book section to see all the latest books from well known Christian authors as well as the cassette, and eventually CD section of performance tracks. At the time, I had a music ministry that took me to churches throughout California. I loved performing songs by Steve Green, Lionel Harris and David Meece.
I was so pleased with my Ryrie Study Bible. Over the years I’ve written on the margins thought, prayers, inspirations and dates of times I struggled with something. I wish now that I would have kept a diary to record all the times that I simply didn’t know what to do but trusted God to get me through. I have 1 Corinthians 20:12 both underwritten & highlighted…”We do not know what to do, but our eyes are upon you.”
This morning that scripture (as in many other times in my life) jumped from the page. My 19 year old son is having surgery to repair a broken collarbone…as I write this. He’s 2,000 miles away serving in the armed forces and I can’t be there with him. However, God can and is there with him now. God is all powerful; he is omnipotent. I absolutely can trust him in every situation…including this one.
Over the years I’ve learned that when I’m facing a problem, my first response is to cry out to God. Charles Spurgeon said, “Prayer is the slender nerve that moves the muscle of omnipotence.” Prayer changes things. I can be confident that God will answer my prayers. It isn’t that I’m trying to control God’s power by my prayers, but that I know that God is present, and activity involved when I cry out to him. He comforts me…He holds me close.
Psalm 102:17, “He attends to the prayer of the wretched. He won’t dismiss their prayer.” This morning, waiting for an update on my sons surgery, I can tell you, I’m wretched but confident & comforted in the reality, God is with me and he’s with my son right now…
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