I’m not really good at hiding things from God. I’ve been in a struggle lately. Lots of reasons. That maybe don’t even matter in the broad skim of things. I had a reminder today. This is an area that has needles, broken egg shells, used latex gloves and more. I can pick what I choose to focus on. We all can.
The Spirit has been tugging at me lately.
I went to a call Sunday. A man found his brother deceased. He had been gone from this world for days. Let me back up. Sunday morning I read a clip about how “Where does the Bible say God will only give you what you can handle?” The writer went onto say, where can you find that? It’s not there. What the Bible does say, is "Lo, I am with you always, I will fear no evil for you are with me, the Lord is near to all who call on him." And it was a comfort to read that. But my spirit was still heavy. and I didn’t recognize why, in particular, that was put in front of me.
Let’s go back to that afternoon as this dear man stood in front of me, had shared that he was a saved man and told me in the past year he’s lost his father, his mother, and now his brother. He said it several times. He kept saying, I’m at my breaking point but God won’t give you more than what you can handle right? I t was a cry for a good word. I prayed silently, “Lord give me wisdom.” after the coroner had removed the body he re-entered the residence once again to try to clean up. Cleaning is always a good therapy. As he looked at the task at hand he repeated his statement of "God won’t give you more than what you can handle, right?" And I felt a Holy Spirit tug. "You know this morning I read something." And I shared with him very briefly. That the writer stated there is nothing in the Bible that says that statement. But it does say, "He bears it for us, with us." And he recognized it as a good word I could see. His eyes swelled with tears and he tapped over his heart. “Yes. Yes,” He said. "Yes."
And I left him to focus on his grief. And prayed he would feel God’s spirit of comfort in the midst of it.
Next morning... was Monday and I was reading the devotion in Our Daily Bread and it was about finding strength in God.” It quoted the verse “I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that God’s power may rest on me.” 2Cor. 12:9-10
I’ll continue to get reminders. I know I will. But also wanted to share. Someone else might need them, too.
