He Will Do This

HE WILL DO THIS

"He will do this!" Psalm 37:5

By nature I am a fixer ... well not a gifted mechanic fixer ... but my personality is I want to fix stuff. There are two things right now that I can't fix. The first is the finances at America's KESWICK, and secondly, I can't fix Lindsay, my granddaughter.

My Administrative team has been working hard at helping me to come up with solutions to our current financial struggles, and we have some "fixes" that will help down the road. But right now our immediate crisis is not something we can fix without borrowing money. Our team has been very diligent to control expenses, but we are seeing the impact of rising food and energy costs and cash flow has been tight this first quarter. God has been providing in amazing ways for our needs, but it has been a day-by-day experience.

I find myself stuck in the "well-if-I-can-do-this-then ..."syndrome.
Don't get me wrong, guys, I have to be a good steward of what HE has entrusted to my care.

My granddaughter Lindsay's life is hanging in the balances right now. A part from a miracle, she will need to have a heart transplant. That is a "fix" that comes with tremendous risks. I CAN'T FIX HER and that is very hard for me.

So this morning's reading from STREAMS IN THE DESERT COULD NOT BE MORE APPROPRIATE:

"I once believed that after I prayed, it was MY responsibility to do everything in MY power to bring about the answer. Yet God taught me a better way and showed me that SELF-EFFORT always hinders HIS work. He also revealed that when I prayed and had CONFIDENT TRUST in Him for something, He simply wanted me to WAIT IN AN ATTITUDE OF PRAISE and DO ONLY WHAT HE TOLD ME. Sitting still, doing nothing except trusting in the Lord, causes a feeling of uncertainty, and there is often a tremendous temptation to take the battle into our own hands.

We all know how difficult it is to rescue a drowning person who tries to help his rescuer, and it is equally difficult for the Lord to fight our battles when we insist upon trying to fight them ourselves. It is not that God will not but that He cannot, for our interference hinders HIS work.

Spiritual forces cannot work while we are trusting in earthly forces.
Often we fail to give God an opportunity to work, not realizing that it takes time for Him to answer prayer. It takes time for God to color a rose or to grow a great oak tree. And it takes time for Him to make bread from wheat fields. He takes the soil, then grinds and softens it. He enriches it and wets it with rain showers and with dew. Then He brings the warmth of life to the small blade of grass, later grows the stalk and the amber grain, and finally provides bread for the hungry.

All this takes time. Therefore we sow the seed, till the ground, and then wait and trust until God's purpose has been fulfilled. We understand this principle when it comes to planting a field, and we need to learn the same lesson regarding our prayer life. It takes time for God to answer prayer."

I can't fix two major things today, guys. My "fixer" personality wants to fix it - but I can't ... so today I have to surrender both our finances and my little Lindsay bear to HIM - so that HE CAN DO THIS ..."

I don't know what "this" will look like, or how or when He will do "this" - but I am purposing to trust Him today. How about you? Is there something in your life that you can't fix? I think that is the place He wants us to be so HE can show us what only HE can do. - Bill Welte is President and CEO of America's KESWICK. To get updates on Lindsay, visit her blog on the Keswick homepage: http://www.americaskeswick.org/.

God's WORD for YOU: 2 Samuel 3-5; Luke 14:25-25

Think about this: Nothing is impossible to the man who prays in faith, just as nothing is impossible with God. This generation has yet to prove all that prayer can do for believing men and women. - A.W. Tozer