The Lord is my Shepherd, I will have no lack of anything!
“When they came to Reuel their father, he said, “Why is it you have come back so soon today?”” Exodus 2:18
Father, thank you for the Reuel that you have preserved for me. I flee from Pharaoh, but I am not forsaken. A persistent knowledge of your faithfulness fills the smallest crevices of my soul and strengthens me.
“But when I am afraid, I will put my trust in you.” Psalms 56:3 NLT
I am not afraid! In my escapes I see small helps like the sick to pray, which at the same time are the path that leads me to Reuel. I will not be stranded, in my wilderness I can magnify Your name! As I do so, Your mercy transports me to a safe harbor.
Thanks for Reuel. In his domain there is sufficient provision available for me, for such a time as this. Thank you Omnipresent Father!
The Lord is forming something in me, greater than my pain.
In the gym my body exercises, but my soul has a haven of tranquility. Therefore, I meditate and reflect on the Word of God.
“Surely goodness and mercy shall followme all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.” (Psalms 23:6 ).
While I was walking on the treadmill, I thought, “so this situation in ODP, it is your will, it is your goodness”. And right there verse 5 came to my mind. “You prepare a table before me in the presence of my distressers…” That verse was like an infusion of faith that flooded my soul. Hallelujah! And I began to rebuke the devourer. I felt like a giant on the top of the mountain!
This is my grandson feeling on the top of the mountain!
Now I understand yesterday’s angst. It was just one of those object lessons for this Divine illumination. Yesterday I thought that my agony didn’t matter to You because You know what You were forming in me. And I was aware of it, but that knowledge was no comfort to me. And I was sure that getting angry wasn’t going to change or diminish what You were creating inside of me.
“Know that the Lord is God. It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.” Psalms 100:3 NIV
I know, Lord, that you are instilling Psalm 23 in me so that I can teach it. Since my childhood I have known and experienced it to some extent. Now in my old age, I am experiencing it firsthand. I am getting to know myself as your little sheep and my anger represents the broken leg of the sheep that the Shepherd broke. It feels like the anger a child feels at the doctor’s injection.
You are healing my paw, as only You can. Both yesterday and today I glimpse Your determination, You are immovable. You are not moved by pain, disbelief or my incomprehension, You move forward without hesitation. You can do it because You are the Potter, I am the clay! Before the foundation of the world You chose me and put resilience in the depths of my being. Therefore, You know the final result!
“They celebrate deliverance in the tents of the godly. The Lord’s right hand conquers,” Psalms 118:15 NET
What can be more exciting than constantly renewing yourself?
Each Biblical passage is an invitation to renewal.
Some undergo painful and expensive surgeries to renew their body and in the end, the part they renewed returns to what it was originally.
And they need more surgeries and it becomes a vicious cycle. It’s painful and expensive! Not so the biblical renewal. It is a free process that just needs practice.
So that my readers can understand what I mean, I will share with you how I renew my mind to have a healthy body.
Sickness is uprooted and planted in the sea
I use many different Bible passages, but Luke 17:6 captivated me and I had to paint it. And it works so fast that sometimes it surprises me.
“… If you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it will obey you.” (Luke 17:6 NIV).
As we mature, our body changes
As we mature, our body undergoes different changes. There are strange and unknown sounds, like when you walk you hear and feel things in your bones, cartilage, muscles, etc.
As my mind is renewed to believe what the Word of God says, as soon as I feel any sign of pain, I order it to be uprooted from my body and planted in the sea.
I do everything in the name of Jesus and I see results immediately. I have come to see the illness as an entity and that is how I speak to it.
Every day is a new exciting adventure with the Lord!
“… For you are a slave to whatever controls you.” (2 Peter 2:19 NLT).
I am not a slave to fear, I am a slave to my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ! I am not a slave to debt, I am a slave to freedom in the riches of the glory of Christ!
I am not a slave to illness, I am a slave to the health that my Lord pours out of His wounds.
I am not a slave to worry, I am a slave to the restorative rest of my Savior!
The Love and faithfulness of Jesus Christ controls every part of my being and every aspect of my life!
I am free from everything that binds! And I am a slave to the goodness of the Lord! And this is my story!
