In His Hand

Tuesday - January 31, 2012

Say to him, ‘Be careful, keep calm and don’t be afraid. Do not lose heart because of these two smoldering stubs of firewood’. – Isaiah 7:4

During my personal devotion time while I was gone to Ethiopia, the story of King Ahaz caught my attention. The King of Israel and the King of Aram got together to fight against King Ahaz. They must have had the power to destroy him because the Bible tells us that Ahaz’s heart was shaken.

I was so struck by this verse that I found myself meditating on it the entire time I was gone. The only strange part of this story is that it did not relate to my present circumstances at all. No one was mad at me. We had not experienced an attack against the ministry. So, I kept asking myself “why is this story so vivid in my mind”?

Yesterday, my first day back, the Show Low Clinic was extremely busy and I was called upstairs to do a pregnancy test. As I talked with Jane*, it became apparent that two important people in her life had agreed to behave in a manner that had the potential to destroy her. I felt the Lord nudge my spirit with the knowledge that this precious woman needed to hear the same words that King Ahaz had heard so many years ago…be careful, keep calm and don’t be afraid…

How amazing is it to know that the Creator cares about us so intimately as this? He spoke to one woman in Ethiopia in order to encourage another woman in the United States and then put their paths together. We are truly in His hand.

*not her real name