Two days ago, I had back surgery at the Black Hills Surgical Hospital. I found out this is the #1 orthepediic surgical hospital in the nation. And the staff definitely earns that recognition.
Did you read that? God is so good. I don't have much pain at all! I didn't even have tons of pain when I woke up from surgery. Thank you, Dr. Wellman, for fixing my back!!
I have to behave, like really behave with all my movement for the next 6 weeks until the surgeon sees me again.
I was afraid of the surgery, but it needed to be done. I knew God would be there. I knew lots of people were praying and still are.
We can do anything through Christ -- even go through things that are scary to us -- because Jesus Christ NEVER leaves us or FORSAKES us.
It could have gone a different way -- all sorts of negative things can happen in surgery, but even if something bad had happened Jesus would have helped us deal with it.
Philippians 4:13 says, "We can do all things through Christ who gives me strength."
Psalm 29:11 says, "The Lord will give strength to His people; The Lord will bless His people with peace."
You might be facing something a whole lot worse than back surgery. You might be dreading something that you know is going to happen soon in your life. You might just be scared about the unknown. None of it is a surprise to God. He is already there. He is waiting to help you through it.
John says in 1 John 4:18, "18 There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love."
When we fear, we need to run to Jesus. When we fear, we need to let God Speak to us. When we fear, we need to turn to God and just rest in His presence. His love will cast out all fear.