Isaiah 50:10

‘Who is among you that feareth The Lord, that obeyeth the voice of His servant that walketh in darkness and hath no light? Let him trust in the name of The Lord and stay upon his God’.

 DAILY READING Matthew 10:1-25; Leviticus 7-8; Proverbs 22

When Wilma Rudolph’s parents received the doctor’s verdict that their daughter will never walk again, it was a heartbreaking experience. They were Christians who believed in God, but a bout of pneumonia and scarlet fever had just paralyzed the left leg of their four year old daughter, Wilma, leading the doctors to declare that she would never walk again. On the way back from the hospital little Wilma asked her parents, “Will I ever be able to run and play like the other children?” Her mother replied, “Honey, you have to believe in God and never give up hope. If you believe, God will make it happen.” Taking her parents’ counsel, she chose to believe God rather than accept what the doctors had said. So as she grew she painfully struggled to walk.

When she was 6 years, she was fitted with metal leg braces on her paralyzed leg. Her parents were very poor and couldn’t afford a therapist, so her mother got her brothers and sisters to massage her legs 4 times every day. Her mother instilled in her that despite her leg, she could do whatever she wanted to do with her life. She told her that all she needed to do was to have faith, persistence, courage and an indomitable spirit. Still believing God, when she was nine years old, Wilma took off her braces and took a step that the doctor told her she never could take. By thirteen years of age she began to enter races in her school. At first she would always come last. People out of pity beg her to stop, but she refused. Finally one day, she was able to win a race; and from then on, she won every race that she ran. God gave her a natural ability she couldn’t explain. By the time she got to University, she was running so well she was enlisted to join the U.S. Olympics team. When she got to the 1960 Rome Olympics, Wilma Rudolph confounded the world. She won the 100- and 200-meter races and anchored the U.S. team to victory in the 4 x 100-meter relay, breaking records along the way. She won three gold medals and became the first American woman to win three gold medals in a single Olympics game. Most importantly however, was the fact that she ran so fast that she was labeled “the fastest woman in the world”. What an incredible miracle for someone who the doctors had said would never be able to walk!

So it is not over until God says so. Whatever may seem crippled in your life right now can still get up and run. Whatever they said can never be done can still be done in your life. With God all things are possible. Don’t look at the negative things around you. Look unto Jesus. He is able. If He can make a girl whom doctors said will never walk become the fastest runner in her time, then He can do even more for you. God is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all you can ever ask or think. No matter your situation, don’t conclude yet because God is not yet through with you. Even if it seems you are alone in your struggles, and no one understands or cares, don’t forget that God is always there, and He cares. Just turn to Him and hold on to Him, He will surely see you through. No matter the situation facing you now, God will come through for you. Despite the raging of the storm, you will survive; God will give you a testimony. Serving God does not mean that you will never have challenges, it however guarantees that you will overcome them all.

There is an encouraging verse in Isaiah 50:10 that says, ‘Who is among you that feareth the Lord, that obeyeth the voice of His servant, that walketh in darkness and hath no light? Let him trust in the name of the Lord and stay upon his God’. You may fear the Lord and serve Him faithfully, yet still sometimes find yourself in a difficult situation. Daniel found himself in this kind of situation, when thrown into the lion’s den, but, did his trial change his confession? No! He still trusted God through the trial. And God saw him through and gave him victory in the end.

When challenges come to us while we are serving God, the Bible tells us in the above verse, ‘stay upon the Lord.’ That is to say, no matter how dark the situation may seem, be steadfast and hold on to Him. Even when it seems you cannot see your way forward, still stay upon the Lord, because they that put their trust in the Lord shall never be ashamed. It doesn’t matter what it may look like now, He will surely see you through. He will make a way for you. He will turn around that situation for you. What men meant for evil, God will turn it for your good. Where you were meant to stumble, God will cause you to soar. He will lift you up, He will turn your mourning into dancing. He will put off your sack cloth and gird you with gladness. He will turn your test into a testimony.

  PRAYER: Lord, please help me to always know that with You nothing is impossible. Help me never to limit You in my thinking. Grant me the faith to believe for the impossible in my life, because indeed You can do all things.

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When God is on your side, anything is possible. WORDBITE  201

[ADAPTED FROM THE BOOK FAITH CLASSICS]