Those calls are the scariest to receive. Unfortunately, I’ve recently gotten a lot of those kinds of calls from loved ones. My people are being tried and tested in big ways.
Yesterday, I was the one making that call. I called my husband, Jacob, and said, “I’m okay, but I got into a bad accident. I don’t know the damage and I don’t know if the other people are okay. I’ll call you when I know more.” I got out of my car, and the car that hit me looked like this:
Instantly, I was fearful that people were seriously injured. Miraculously, no one in that car or the other car involved was injured. Miraculously, my baby was not in the car with me. Miraculously, other cars had been texting and not paying attention and prevented other cars from being involved.
These miracles were not a surprise to me. You see, earlier that day my LifeGroup wives were discussing the heaviness that each of us have been experiencing. In that moment, I shared that I felt the enemy was attacking our group. I committed to spend the entire rest of the day in prayer that the Armor of God would protect us. Specifically, I prayed the shield of faith would work hard in the defense until we were strong enough to fight offensively.
I prayed for protection, and the Lord provided.
It would have been easy to recognize that dealing with an accident is an unanswered prayer, but I found myself overwhelmed with peace that God’s hand was over me during the accident.
What happened was that a car tried to turn and cross multiple lanes of traffic and ended up hitting the red car. The red car started spinning out of control at least four times and ended up hitting me. Both of the other cars had their airbags deploy, and the only injury was a couple of bruises and scrapes. The other two cars might be totaled, but , thankfully, my car has only small damage. I prayed for protection and the Lord provided.
Earlier today, I was discussing the craziness of the past few weeks with my LifeGroup ladies. How hard the enemy has attacked, and how scary some of it has been. The Lord revealed the following to me:
We have a choice.
A choice to be fearful of the attacks on the group or thankful. Thankful for being alive, thankful for the learning and growth that comes from valleys, and thankful for who and what we still have. I’m thankful the enemy is feeling scared of us, and I’m thankful for feeling God’s power.
I am powerful because God is on my side. Powerful because for once fear has not won. And powerful because I have a sisterhood of powerful women to lean on.
Find a group of people that are so strong in their faith that the enemy trembles because of it.
Find power in the fact that you have a God who has no rival.
Find yourself wearing the Armor of God and do so boldly.
Change the narrative of “I’m okay, but..” to “I’m okay BECAUSE of God’s sovereign protection.
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