God is in the Details

This morning, I thought I would encourage someone who is facing cancer treatment. I believe in healing, and I am praying and believing for that person's total healing. I had ordered this person a CD of healing scriptures read by a San Antonio pastor. Accompanying this CD is a companion CD detailing the healing of a ten-year-old girl who was given only months to live after being diagnosed with a massive, inoperable brain tumor. I made the pivotal decision to listen to that testimony on my way to get breakfast. I hope that my life will be different going forward. I have been saying for a very long time that I have, over the last decade, given Satan so much ground in my life. I have let him steal so much from me personally and from my family. The thing that impressed me so much about the parents of the little girl who was healed was their dedication to knowing the Word of God, to meditating on it, and to believing it. The mother remarked that for many years she had gotten up around 4:30 a.m. to spend time in the Word. How powerful. How earth-shatteringly powerful. Satan is a liar. His only power over us centers on the lies he can make us believe about ourselves, our situations, our futures and God's feelings toward us. The truth is, believer, that GOD IS FOR US! No, He is not for our sin. However, He longs to help us up when we fall down. He wants in on everything concerning us. By His own declaration in scripture, He is our ever-present help in trouble. He is our all-in-all!!! If He can make cancer disappear, He can formulate a fulfilling life plan for each of us, guide us into it, and provide for all of the details, all while gracing us with rainbows, mind-bending sunsets and moments with him so personal I call them "postcards from heaven" (I am sure I am not the first to do so...sorry if there is a copyright infringement). I guess I was so bowled over by the extremely personal testimony of this couple, especially moments therein like the statement from the father that, while the girl was sick, they pretty much tuned out the world and spent every spare moment meditating on the Word of God, that I became challenged in my spirit to draw closer to the Lord and believe Him for more for my life and the lives of my loved ones. God is in the details. Let Him be Lord of yours.