I am with you

Don’t worry—I am with you. Don’t be afraid—I am your God. I will make you strong and help you. I will support you with my right hand that brings victory. (Isaiah 41:10)

If most of us started each new day with this promise in mind, I wonder just how differently we'd face the issues of the day? I imagine we might just not be as haggard at the end of the day, exhibiting just a bit more wisdom with the actions of the day, and perhaps with a bit more accomplished than we'd see without his help. The instructions: 1) stop your worrying, 2) let your fear go, 3) trust your God, 4) lean into his strength, and 5) you will feel his support.

Stop worrying - because God isn't deserting us, but going with us, having prepared a way before us. If we'd just get this simple instruction worked into our brains, reminding our emotions that they aren't in control, God is, then maybe we'd find it a bit easier to turn away those worries when they start to creep in.

Let go of your fears. There is nothing like showing your enemy your belly and neck regions to make your enemy feel he is in control. God doesn't ask us to just lay down and take whatever comes our way. He reminds us of the importance of putting on his full armor because we don't want the enemy to gain any advantage over us.

Trust your God - not the situation, the threats, or the imagined issues. Trust YOUR God. Not the god of this world or the 'thing' that might happen if we just let go and lean into Jesus. Fear is an emotion that is not always based in fact. The fact we need to recount throughout our day is that we serve the God of the Universe - the Creator and Sustainer of all things. 

Lean into his strength and put down the desire to do things in your own strength or wisdom. Both will not sustain us long. We need his wisdom as well as his strength - we find both when we lean into him. That might mean we stop seeing the issue and look for the solution. To understand the issue, we might need his wisdom to 'break it into pieces'. An issue 'dissected' under his watchful eye is easier to resist, solve, or remove!

Feel his support. It is indeed a thing to feel his strength with us. You might not realize it if you don't start at the top of this list and work your way down. Get to the point of leaning into his strength and you are sure to realize his support. Just sayin!