Throughout my own personal life, I
have had several of these moments where I wonder what else could possibly
happen in my life. There always seem to
be one more thing and the sad part is that the “one more thing” wouldn’t be so
bad if it weren’t compounded with everything else. In those moments of despair I remember a few
of my companions in college who loved to quote the phrase “If God brought you
to it, He will bring you through it.” I
have to admit that when I heard this phrase in the midst of a struggle I wasn’t
really reassured; in fact I became upset because of the complexity of what I
was dealing with. But the fact remained
that if God only gave me what I could handle it would minimize my need for a
personal relationship with Him.
I recently encountered one of these
situations with our family. As many of
you are aware, we moved out of a rental house the week before Christmas anticipating
that we would be in our own house the following day. However, the deal fell through and we were
left without a home for the entire week of Christmas. Since then we have been living in an
apartment and diligently working on getting into the house of our dreams. There have been a few speed bumps along the
way, but it looks like we should be able to move into our new home on February
1st. But before we were aware
of our housing situation being resolved (just last week) I was driving home
only to find that our steering, brakes, and really everything else on my car
went out. Somehow, simply a miracle, I
was able to coast into a local grocery store (actually a parking spot) safely. I remember thinking it was a small problem
that I could fix however I quickly realized that was not the case and had to
have our car towed. Initially the repair
shop told me it would be about $200.00 and could be ready the next day so I
left the car there overnight. But upon
further inspection they found that the timing belt had broken, the water pump
needed replaced, and the power steering unit was leaking. Needless to say it was a costly repair but we
were able to get it fixed. Shortly after
picking up the car a couple of days later, it broke down again because a wire
was not properly grounded when the repairs were done. As I sat on the side of the road again, with
my son in the backseat I found myself asking God what else could go wrong. My entire life was upside down as I was without
a car, without a house (at least one with our stuff in it), and feeling
frustrated. As I was dealing with all of
these feelings, my son small voice piped up in the back seat and said, “Daddy,
it’s alright, everything will be alright.”
Tears began to fill my eyes as this small child understood the need for
consoling his father when everything around him seemed to be falling
apart. At that moment I remembered the
words of my wife who said, “God has always been faithful to us, so why would
that change now?” God has indeed been
faithful to our family through several trying situations but the fact remains
that He still loves us, cares for us and provides for us through
everything. Those gentle reminders continue
to push me through the daily challenges that I face because it is a reminder
that God loves me and cares for me, even in the midst of the chaos.
So in the midst of your challenges
do you feel like God is with you, guiding your path or like He has deserted you
completely? The truth is that, He is
right beside you waiting for you to lean into His arms and depend upon His
faithfulness. By doing this you will
find that your situations will work for the good and solutions will be
reached. God is indeed faithful and will
guide you if you let Him.
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