And Gideon said to him, “Please, my Lord, if the LORD is with us, why then has all this happened to us? And where are all his wonderful deeds that our fathers recounted to us, saying, ‘Did not the LORD bring us up from Egypt?’ But now the LORD has forsaken us and given us into the hand of Midian.” And the LORD turned to him and said, “Go in this might of yours and save Israel from the hand of Midian; do not I send you?”
Judges 6:13-14
Father God, I thank You today for Your willingness to every once in the while pull the blinds open so that I can see that You have never left me but have always been with me, reminding me that I can do it. I confess that I can get so caught up in all the bad news being communicated around me, whether it’s about politics, the economy, what’s being taught in schools – the list goes on – that I become this proverbial Debbie-downer or cry baby, whining the “woe is me’s.” While being consumed with this “stuff” I completely and totally miss the fact that You are with me! I am so focused on the bad that I fail to see the good that You are doing right before my eyes!
LORD help me to see myself as You see me in the moment, embracing Your calling on me to be a change agent and holding fast to Your promise to use me. All of this happens for a reason, I know this from Your Word (Proverbs 16:4, Jeremiah 29:11). Where I am right now is exactly where You want me to be and I have everything I need to get it done (2 Peter 1:3). Show me how I let go of how I “feel” and shake off my “fears” so that I can see Your hand at work in me, through me, and around me. Remove the doubts that surface from my logical, but worldly assessment of the situation. Help me to hold on to You and every word You speak. I know it will sometimes look insurmountable. Yet I know that with man this is impossible, but with You all things are possible (Matthew 19:26). Thank You for the reminder. I love You! Amen.