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Wednesday, October 21, 2009

My Help Comes From the Lord

Last night Shannon and I completed the application for the adoption and the application for the home study. It felt so good to be finished with the application and ready to send it in and then reality hit...we did not have the money to send it in yet. We are still about $1500 short of what we need to send the application in right now. In a week or so we will have it in the bank, but time is so critical right now. I sat at the dining room table last night feeling so dejected and sad. I said to Shannon, "This is such a helpless feeling."

This morning I woke and sat at the kitchen table to have my time with the Lord. I opened my journal and before I began reading His Word I wrote, "Last night was a helpless feeling." After I wrote these words I saw it! I saw what I had written yesterday morning in my journal after reading God's Word! I was blown away with my Sovereign Father's encouragement and still am!

After reading Psalm 121:1-4 yesterday I wrote:
"My help comes from the Lord God Almighty! The Maker of heaven and earth is my Helper, the One who watches over me, & never lets my foot slip. He watches over me 24/7/365 and never needs a break to sleep! Right now we are in great need of help. We need help with the adoption process. I need help getting through this day being sick. I need help getting through the warfare that will come my way today. I am simply a helpless man who needs his Maker to be my help! Praise the Lord for His Word! What an encouragement to know my Lord is always watching over me!"

After reading Psalm 121:5-8 this morning I wrote:
"The Lord watches over me! He knows what I need even before I need it. No matter if I am coming or going He knows my path! He is my shade at my right hand. He watches over me now, has been watching over me, and will continue watching over me forevermore! This adoption process has not caught the Lord off guard. This is part of His plan. We are walking by faith praying for Him to provide what we need at each step as we are in mid-step. We are not waiting for the provision before we step because we feel He is moving and calling us to follow. We have already heard the sounds of marching in the tree tops (2 Samuel 5:22-25) and we are following His lead! This will stretch our faith in a major way. This is good! In His timing we will have what we need. We are going to grow alot through this! Lead on Lord! Lead on!"

May the Lord be exalted through our lives. He alone is worthy of all our praise!

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