What is something you think is unmovable? Something you feel to be secure, permanent, and reliable.
I had always thought my health was one of those things. I was the healthiest person I knew.
As a child I was rarely ill and never missed school. When I started my career, I never used sick days for anything more serious than a cold or a sports injury.
My grandmother lived to her mid-nineties and that seemed to be the trend for women in my family. We had no history of chronic hereditary conditions. I thought I was going to live a long, healthy life.
But then I was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. I was so perplexed. This was not at all consistent with the world I knew. Somehow, the mountains were moving.
A few years later I was diagnosed with breast cancer. What?! How can this be?
And a few years after that, I was diagnosed with a brain tumor.
By this point, I obviously no longer consider my health to be unmovable like a mountain. It is totally unreliable.
But at the same time, God showed me that He is reliable. He is here. He is always here. He will always be right here. He is unmovable, unchanging, and reliable in a way that nothing else is. My job isn’t reliable. My family won’t always be there. My house, the government, a functioning civilization… Even the sun shining for another day is no guarantee.
Through all my health crises, God showed me where He was. If I turned to Him, I didn’t have to look far. He was right beside me. And He pointed out to me that I had been a fool to rely on anything other than Him. I won’t make that mistake again.
Dear God,
Thank you so much for revealing yourself to me when I felt so lost and confused — when my mountains were moving. Thank you for the promise of your forever and always love! Show me if there is anything I am relying on more than you so that I can relocate my misplaced trust back to you.
CamDevo 