Thank You for Your Prayers

I just wanted to say thank you to all those that prayed for us yesterday.  The procedure went well, and now all we have to do is wait.  That's easy right?!  Not so much, but we can do it!  Just keep praying.  Pray for our patience, and pray that we might be able to at least somehow put it out of our minds for a little bit.

As I mentioned earlier - I am doing Beth Moore's study of Esther.  Yesterday morning was perfect for what we were going through.  Funny how God works like that - right?  I just wanted to share with you a couple of paragraphs and let them speak for themselves.  I really felt like God was speaking directly to me yesterday through her words.

"To the Devil, the irony is delicious: Our distrust of God tattles on us, telling our enemy exactly how to get to us.  Many of us habitually rehearse, "If _____ ever happens, then I'll just ______."  Our fears become like long, bony index fingers pointing at our vulnerabilities.  Once Satan sees what we believe would be the end of us, he threatens and torments us with it.

Our natural human defense is to grovel before God and plead with Him not to let those things happen.  Our conditional trust not only makes us an open target for enemy torment; it also positions us as negotiators and beggars before God instead of secure children who trust their lives to their faithful Father.  Those times when our fears become reality we feel devastated.  We think God is unfaithful, and Satan essentially gets what he wants - us to believe that life is over.  Unless our belief system changes, for all practical earthly purposes, it is.  After all, as a man thinks, so is he (Proverbs 23:7).

Don't misunderstand.  I'm a huge proponent of praying against what we fear and for the desires of our hearts.  I also believe we're free and safe to voice our worst nightmares to God.  In times of crisis and demonic attack, however, our vulnerable souls need something more.  The most critical breakthrough of faith you and I could ever experience is to let God bring us to a place where we trust Him - PERIOD.  We don't just trust Him to let us avoid what we fear most.  We determine to trust Him no matter what, even if our worst nightmare befalls us.  We have no greater victory and can render Satan no harsher blow."