Verse To Abide In
““Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose trust is the Lord.”
Jeremiah 17:7 ESV
Digging Deeper
Can you think of a time that you trusted God even though it was hard?
What were you tempted to trust in- to make your trust be if not God?
Is there anything happening right now that you need to trust God with, to make him your hope and confidence?
From The Heart
We watched our son, Jeremy, who once again lost feeling and function on the right side of his body. This time he was fifteen months old. While speaking with his neurologist we (my husband, Michael and I) realized that we had miscommunication with Jeremy’s seizure meds, a scenario of each of us thinking the other gave it to him for a couple doses and one dose of us just completely forgetting to give to him. After hearing our conversation and discovery, realizing Jeremy missed three doses of seizure meds in a row, Dr M threw up his arms in disgust, turned, and left the room without another word to us.
We learned later from Jeremy’s primary pediatrician that missing seizure meds is not the same as going back to how he was before starting the medication, but rather it could actually trigger seizures without it now in his system.
I remember waking up the next morning and instantly remembering my son was paralyzed again, not knowing what the future held, and thinking to myself, “My son is going to die and it will be all my fault.”
The next instant I felt God’s still small voice to my heart, “Will you trust me?”
“Yes, Lord, I trust in you. Will you help me right now?” I cried. As the tears flowed I released it all to Him—the guilt, the shame, the fears…into His care. God was my comfort and my strength, my hope and my confidence as I put my trust in Him again and again and just did the next thing. It was hard, but He was with me. He held me secure in Himself.
Let’s Pray
Abba, thank you for your help. We wait quietly before you, God, for our victory comes from you. You alone are our rock and our salvation, our fortress where we will never be shaken. Let all that I am wait quietly before God, for my hope is in him (Psalms 62:1-2, 5 NLT).
Jeremiah 17:7 Song
P.S. Just in case you don’t know: Today our son, Jeremy, is a thriving young man who loves the Lord and is a missionary with Child Evangelism Fellowship. Praise God!