“Then we departed from the river Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go to Jerusalem. The hand of our God was on us, and He delivered us from the hand of the enemy and from ambushes by the way.”
Ezra 8:31
I wake up with thoughts on how my day should be. I pray asking God for His hand to lead me, but sometimes I get ambushed. It then becomes all about how I handle it, what I do to get past it. Am I immediately turning to the Lord and giving it to Him, or do I let it consume me while I wallow in a pity party, crying “Why me?” God lets me flail around—trying to figure things out by using my limited understanding—until finally I ‘let go and let God’.
The fact is, the battle has always belonged to the Lord.
“And that all this assembly may know that the LORD saves not with sword and spear. For the battle is the LORD's, and He will give you into our hand."
1 Samuel 17:47
Please remember—regardless of how big or how little the ambush is—God can handle it. He takes away the fear of the unknown and replaces it with the peace of the known—the love of God and His faithfulness that never fails.
He will ultimately smooth out the way, sometimes by removing a problem, or by walking with you through it. If at times He has to steady you when you stumble or carry you when you can’t take the next step, the fact remains, Child of God, you won’t go through it alone—never alone.
“Every valley shall be lifted up, and every mountain and hill be made low; the uneven ground shall become level and the rough places a plain.” Isaiah 40:40
Ambushes in life will happen—no one can guarantee they won’t. But, when we take our eyes off the problem and put them on Jesus, He carries us to the other side.
“He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might He increases strength.“ Isaiah 40:29
By Eve Montano