I know so many of us have been in a quandary during these many months of the pandemic. \u201cWhat do I do next?\u201d \u201cHow can we make it?\u201d \u201cWhat can I do to make ends meet?\u201d \u201cWho can I go to for help?\u201d Those questions were even more emphasized when my niece\u2019s daughter broke the news to us that her mom had several strokes last week, with an emergency brain surgery yesterday. Bless her young heart \u2013 she felt the weight of the world on her shoulders for her mom. She said: \u201cTbh, I am very scared. I am scared for my mom\u2019s well-being. I am scared about finances. I am scared about her future. I just feel like I don\u2019t know what to do. So please pray, light candles, send good vibes, or whatever you do to cultivate positive energy, because she needs it, my brother needs it, and I need it.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I reposted her words, contacted our closest family members and, oh my, my beautiful social media friends and family went into immediate prayer-mode for her. I was so blessed to see the way-over-one-hundred messages telling me that they were praying. What a comfort that brought us \u2013 to know when the battle is raging, there are troops of prayer warriors who pick up their swords and shields for us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I loved Roxie\u2019s honesty about her fears AND her resolve. She knew what to do \u2013 call in prayer partners and prayer warriors \u2013 anyone who would stand in the gap with her. My memory kicked in when a similar message came to my own family years ago. We received the call from my husband\u2019s doctor with the diagnosis from the tests: \u201cYou have Stage 4 Renal Cell Carcinoma that has metastasized to a tumor that is impinging on your spinal cord. It\u2019s a life or death matter. You must have immediate surgery or you could be paralyzed.\u201d The doctor was insistent on aggressively moving forward. So what do you do when you don\u2019t know what to do? The answer is: PRAY. We prayed for God\u2019s wisdom, His strength, His guidance, and most of all, His peace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At the same time, we were making faith declarations: “Our God, our Healer. You are our Prince of Peace. By Your stripes, we are healed. We trust in you, Father God. We will not be afraid.\u201d Each of us expressed our confidence in God as the Great Physician. It was apparent that we should move forward as was instructed by the doctor. The surgery was a success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Over the next 7 months, when the questions came again, \u201cWhat do we do?\u201d we repeated the same steps: Pray, speak God\u2019s Word, seek Godly counsel, pray some more. We found that we were closer to God during this time of crisis because we were acutely aware of our desperate need for Him. And quite frankly, that\u2019s a great place to be. In Him, we found the answers to our questions and peace in our hearts because we sensed His presence with us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So back to the question: \u201cWhat do we do when we don\u2019t know what to do?” or \u201cWhere can I turn when there’s no one else I can turn to?\u201d or \u201cWho can I lean on when there\u2019s no one to lean on?\u201d or \u201cWhere can I hide until the storms pass over?\u201d The answer to all of these questions is clear. It is found in ONE simple truth. We go to Him who is our solid rock, our refuge, our shelter, our friend. That\u2019s WHO, WHAT, WHEN and WHERE to ALL questions we have for our today and our tomorrows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The prayer warriors and praisers showed up for our Ruth just like King Jehosophat\u2019s praisers came through for him. May our battle cry be like those who find their voices in complete surrender to He Who knows what to do when we say with King Jehosophat: \u201cWe don\u2019t know what to do, but our eyes are on you, Lord!\u201d (2 Chronicles 20:12)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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