I wanted to tell you how God was so faithful to my family recently. Most of you know that my husband takes many trips and one of these happened to collide with us swtiching homes – still in the same town, but we were able to move into a home surrounded by a great community. I was not intimidated to take care of the move while my husband was gone. I knew we had lots of friends that could help us and we hired a moving company to make things easier for my pregnant self.
But as the time got closer to our move date, one thing after another happened and my friends who I thought could help, started dropping out like flies until there were none. It wasn’t their fault, I knew in their heart they wanted to help me, but it just wasn’t going to work out.
The packers and movers were scheduled to do the move over a 3 day period and somehow I was going to have to orchestrate the packers and movers on what to pack, and what not to pack, take care of the kids, feed them and somehow be in two places at once when the movers were ready to take small truck loads at a time to the new place, but still be packing at the old house.
This reminded me a bit of the story of Gideon gearing up with an army of men, , ready to go into battle, until, God started cutting the numbers down of the army. If men wanted to go home because they were scared, they were released to go home. If they took a drink from the river by lapping the water up like an animal, rather than cupping it in their hands, they would go home.
As my friends were dropping out for vacation or illness, I felt like telling everyone to stop drinking the water. I had faith that God would provide for me, but when it was less than 48 hours before the move and I had been prepping the house as best I could myself, I began to worry.
I worried because I started looking inwardly at being self sufficient. Could I handle this all by myself? The kids, the move, and managing everything. I wanted to so badly. But as the time approached, I knew I could not. I had my melt down, and when it all looked so hopeless, I told God – This is all on you. I can’t figure this out. I trust you to provide for me for what I need and make this work out somehow. I’m so tired, I don’t even care how it works out, I just need you to take care of this.
I passed the buck to God and He gladly took it from me. God lowered the number of troops for Gideon so that when the battle was won, people could not say they won because of the vast number of men that fought. No, the battle would be won with so few men, that everyone would know that the battle was fought and won by God.
Hours after I let it all go, provision started to stream in slowly. First, one person said they could watch the girls on one day. I was so thrilled! Then later that day, someone else said they could watch the movers and help manage. Then another stepped up to the plate. The day before the move, another friend offered to take my kids to church so they wouldn’t be in the midst of movers and boxes flying around. Last minute help continued to trickle in until a team was formed.
God totally provided for me on this move, it was all at the last minute, but my Hero swooped in and handled the situation. I went from total faith in provision, to a melt down of self-incompetence, back to releasing it all to God to handle.
Let me tell you what, God is very good at handling situations. He pulls people out of nowhere and provides!
This situation was an interesting one – Provision came, provision left, and then it came back again. The hard part was to remain faithful to believing and trusting throughout the journey.
Maybe you are on a journey right now and just like Gideon, you are watching provision leave. Maybe you have had your melt down about a situation and have come to grips with the fact that you are not a super hero and you have your limits.
The beauty of God is this – He is faithful, even when we waiver. His love can swallow up our doubt. The best position for us to be in, is one of quick surrender. The goal is to shorten the time between realizing that there is a problem and releasing it purposefully to God.
When a problem arrives, deflect it right back up to God and say, “I trust you to care for me.” He will.
Next time you hit a FREAK OUT point, remember what God did for Gideon and what He can do for you. Release it to Him and let go of the weight.
Prayer: Lord, this problem I am dealing with feels too big and I choose now to release this problem and everything that surrounds it over to you. I don’t know how you are going to fix this or make it better, but I trust in your faithfulness to me and your supreme power and might. This battle is yours and I will trust you. Thank you God, for providing everything I need and everything my family needs. I trust you. In Jesus’ name. Amen.
Be blessed and be a blessing!
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