Our Strength

                                                           Isaiah 30:15

                                    In quietness and confidence shall be your strength.

Sometimes we receive phone calls we wish had never come. I received that phone call yesterday. While at the Children's Museum with my six year old grandson, my phone rang and it was my doctor telling me my biopsy had come back positive. I have breast cancer. 

As I've had time to process this, I realize this did not catch God by surprise, nor is it too hard for Him. God is still on His throne. What Satan is trying to do for evil, I know God will turn for my good and His glory. 

Because of this, I want to share with you what the Lord showed me during my quiet time this morning. I've been reading 1 Samuel and this morning I was in chapter 17 when David went before the giant, Goliath. While the entire army of Israel ran from Goliath, David said to them;

                        "For who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should 
                          defy the armies of the living God?"                     __1 Samuel 17:16

As I read this, I could hear God asking me; 
                        "Cyndy, what is cancer that it should defy Me?" 

This is not just for me. It is for every believer. So let me ask you;
                     "What is your impossible situation that it can defy the living God?"

Is it finances, relationships, illness, you fill in the blank. I'm sure you know exactly what the giant is in your life. Should it defy the Living God?

                     "For with God nothing will be impossible."             __Luke 1:37
                               
Next I read in my devotional reading for today;
       
                       For thus says the LORD GOD, the Holy One of Israel:
                       In quietness and confidence shall be your strength.    
                                                                                                       __Isaiah 30:15

Through this cancer I want to walk in confidence that I might have His strength. I trust God to fight this Goliath in my life. And I know He wins!

                       Fear not, for I am with you;
                       Be not dismayed, for I am your God.
                       I will strengthen you, Yes I will help you,
                       I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.          __Isaiah 41:10

An Everyday God

                                                               

                                                              Psalm 63:1
                                                   O GOD, You are my God;
                                                         Early will I seek You;
                                                        My flesh longs for You  
                                                       In a dry and thirsty land  
                                                       Where there is no water

Is there someone in your life, when you see them a calmness comes over you, an assurance all is well, simply because they are in your midst?

Do you know God can be that someone in your life in every way, everyday? His greatest desire is that we will seek His face, lean on Him, and allow Him to guide our path. He didn't surrender all on the cross so that we would continue to walk in the bondage of this world. He came that we might be set free.
                      "Therefore, if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed."
                                                                                                         __John 8:36

Sometimes we forget we are not alone. We carry anxiety on our shoulders like a heavy winter coat, allowing it to weigh us down, our bodies weary from the load. This need not be. Jesus is in our ordinary days. He meets us as our feet touch the floor in the morning and tucks us into bed at night. He walks with us through every appointment we have throughout the day and sits with us in the quiet. Everywhere we are, He is. This is our God.

                                     He shall call upon Me,
                                     And I will answer him;  
                                     I will  be with him in trouble;
                                     I will deliver him and honor him.
                                     With long life I will satisfy him,
                                     And show him My salvation.                     __Psalm 91:15-16

The next time we feel that if we could only have that special someone in our midst all would be okay, let's remember Jesus is with us and there is nothing we need He cannot give.

                                     Fear not, for I am with you;
                                     Be not dismayed, for I am your God.
                                     I will strengthen you,
                                    Yes, I will help you.
                                     I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.      
                                                                                                        __Isaiah 41:10