Saturday, April 30, 2022
Have you ever been in the middle of writing your final paper and suddenly lose power? Or you notice several mistakes on your website which you try to fix? Suddenly, all your files and data on your website are “lost”. Panic and pandemonium set in. In other words, mayhem floods your mind, scurrying about in every direction.
I have experienced this phenomenon several times in my life: my heart starts racing, and my right foot begins to tap uncontrollably. Tap, tap, tap, tap, tap. My entire body starts to rock back and forth, until I stand up and then begin pacing nervously.
I immediately do what I have learned to do in times of crises, I start praying: O God, what am I going to do, what am I going to do? What am I gonna do? I messed up O God!
Just when all seemed lost and I want to throw in the towel, a voice on the other end of the phone brought me back to reality: “Aunty, all you have to do is call HostGator and ask them to recover and restore your website to the last backup”.
In my panic, I forgot two things:
- I was not alone. My niece was on the phone with me as I tried to fix the errors on my website.
- I have backup.
The calmness in her voice caused me to remember what I would have done had I been on my day job, my professional life. Call IT for technical support. I then berated myself for forgetting that the same held true in my personal life.
I called IT and a ticket was created to restore my website to the previous morning. I was told there would be a $25 charge which I was more than happy to pay. Considering that it was now after 8:30 pm on a Friday night, the recovery process would take more than 48 hours. In fact, the process was not resolved until the following Tuesday evening. Best of all, the fee was waived.
Early the next morning, I recalled the night’s previous pandemonium, and I re-learned life’s lesson. At every moment of my life, especially when I mess up, I am never alone, never without a lifeline. God is my refuge and strength, my source. He recovers and restores all that I lost but especially all that was stolen from me, designed to set me back from purpose and God’s divine plan for my life. My Abba Father has back up and all I had to do was to cry out to Him. O God, Daddy! Help me. What am I gonna do? I made a mistake, I messed up. Please help!
Immediately He dispatches help, His Heavenly Hosts and He sends them to my rescue.
More importantly, He literally steps down from His throne, kneels right beside me, covering me with His feathers. He wraps me in His arms, soothing my fraying emotions. He cleans my wounds, pouring in His healing balm, His anointing oil.
“There, there Tracy, I got this. You’re going to be okay. All is not lost. There are times when yes, you make a mistake. But at other times, it is not your fault but the enemy who comes in to detract, distract, disappoint, discourage, deter, and detour you from your journey. I got you. In either case, my arms are always stretched wide, waiting to receive you. Go ahead and cry if you must, laugh too. But do not beat yourself up.
See, I am making all things new, recovering, renewing, and restoring. I am making all things new for you, in you and through you!
There will always be problems, panic, pandemonium and as you have experienced these past two and a half years, pandemic. The root word pan is from the Greek word pandemos which causes people to run in unreasoning fear, sudden fear, driven by demonic forces. People become anxious to the point of losing their minds.
But fear not. I am with you. I never leave nor forsake you. Every knee must bow in my Presence. Fear, pandemic, pandemonium, and panic tremble when My Name is mentioned and flee at the sound of My Voice. They all fall and are rendered powerless in My Presence.
I got you. Stay in My Presence. Remember that. Breathe my Breath of Life. Ruach, My Holy Spirit gives life and that more abundantly, moving upon the face of the waters. I command the light to be, and it is done. I bring life where things may be empty and void. I cause dry bones to live again and to become a great and mighty army.
So…. breathe. Live again – in love, power, and purpose!
Behold, I am doing a new thing! Shall you not know it?
Perceive it!! I am making all things new.
Isaiah 43:19-21
19 Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.
20 The beast of the field shall honour me, the dragons and the owls: because I give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen.
21 This people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my praise.