#341.3 – “Right There the Whole Time”

“… have no fear for I am with you…” - Genesis 26:24
For the last week or two of school, Anna was supposed to wear some rubber bands on her braces, to help align her top and bottom jaws. The orthodontist had given her two packets of rubber bands. There were a couple of days when she had forgotten her bands at home and I had to go back and get them. After the second time, I suggested that she bring a packet to school and leave them there so she would have them if she forgot to put them at home. When she forgot the third day in a row, I told her I was not going to go get them again and that she needed to remember them for herself. She got home that afternoon and emptied her pocket… and discovered that she had a pack in her pocket the whole time!
Sometimes we go through struggles and trials as believers in Christ and we attempt to tackle those things in our own strength and with our own understanding. We engage in spiritual warfare without ever asking God for help. We fight defeated… and all the time we have God in our pocket, so to speak.
God, today help me to realize my only source of strength and victory is You. Grant me an awareness of You throughout my day.

Daniel