Hi David,
I fully understand the pain you go
through with your daughter. I had my share of
crying today even though my situation is considered
super mild compared to yours. But it nevertheless
broke my heart! I didn’t know what to do so during
my morning devotional time, I cried to the Lord,
unloaded on Him entirely and asked Him to take over the
caring of my daughter. I dedicated her to Him in
my closing prayers. Strangely, a little song
came to my mind “Hosanna in the Highest” and I began to
sing it out loud. After that, I opened my
bible for my daily devotions and IMMEDIATELY my
eyes fell on Isaiah 54:13:
13 And all thy children shall be
taught of the Lord; and great shall
be the peace of thy children.
Imagine my surprise at God’s
immediate response! I then decided to read the
rest of Chapter 54 which says:
14 In righteousness shalt thou be
established: thou shalt be far from oppression; for
thou shalt not fear: and from terror; for it shall
not come near thee.
15 Behold, they shall surely gather
together, but not by me: whosoever shall gather
together against thee shall fall for thy sake.
16 Behold, I have created the smith
that bloweth the coals in the fire, and that
bringeth forth an instrument for his work; and I
have created the waster to destroy.
17 No weapon that is formed against
thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise
against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is
the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their
righteousness is of me, saith the Lord.
To me, verse 13 is the Lord telling
me that He agrees to take over the teaching of my
child and the rest of the verses are telling me not to
fear or worry. No harm shall come her way to
cause me any sorrow. Our Heavenly Father is a
parent Himself and a very excellent one indeed!
I can find no greater comfort than to know that
He will parent and teach my daughter personally.
I knew in my heart that at that moment the best pair
of hands in the entire universe have reached out to
her and taken over! ;)
David, I don’t know what else to say
but after reading your post, I felt the verses are
also meant for you. You may be too distraught at
the moment to hear His voice but Abba Father wants you
to know that He is the Almighty God and He is Love
even though it’s difficult to feel that way during our
JOB moments. Remember – JOB has a
breakthrough at the end when he decided to lift up his
eyes and see God in all His glory and let God be
God. I always find it very comforting to read
JOB 32 onwards when Elihu begins to remind JOB of who
God really is. Once JOB has his focus
right, everything also falls into place!
I hope David, you will not let your
JOB experience stop at Chapter 31 but instead proceed
beyond that and start reviewing your situation from
Chapter 32 onwards and see your breakthrough.
Make a decision to trust in His character of
Love, Goodness, Justice & Righteousness and refuse
to let the hopelessness you are seeing through your
eyes of sadness and doubt to take your focus off
Him. Remember Peter sank when he took his eyes
off Jesus and saw the raging seas.
I hope this email brings you comfort
and I will be keeping you in my prayers.
In the meantime, may our Abba Father
grant you Shalom Peace.
With love from YSIC, Mary C