"So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand."
Many times we battle and try to overcome things in life that we just seem unable to get beyond. It's during those times that we realize that we are relying on our own strengths, our owns gifts and talents and our own will and not that of our Father. We as a culture are so quick to think we can handle and master any and all things only to find that there is only room for one master and we aren't Him.
God tells us that He will uphold us in His righteous right hand, whose hand better can we be in to overcome our trails and our battles? There are lessons and growing times for each of us, sometimes those times are what we think we simply cannot surmount because we try to do it alone. We do have the power within ourselves...but its not "our" power it's that of the sweet Holy Spirit dwelling and living in us that gives us the strength, the wisdom and sometimes the perserverance to move forward.
Other times the power is the Holy Spirit dwelling within our brother or sister, in that time we learn to trust and lean on one another in this journey of life. God never designed us to walk alone, He Himself never wanted to be alone and we are created in His very image.
Today God is reminding you that your strength comes from Him, trust in that, turn to that and press onward knowing that He isn't a God who fails but a God who sees us through each moment. When the battle seems too hard and no victory possible, remember who has you in His hand. Remember today who has your name on the palm of that hand, who knows your very name and each strand of hair on your head...that's how much God knows and is a part of you.
What battle today are you fighting that you have been trying to fight alone? Will you choose today to let go and let God take over so that you find comfort and joy again and grow in the lesson that you needed to learn from this moment of time?
Blessings,
Heather
