Healing Presence October 27, 2010

Deuteronomy 33:27 

 27 The eternal God is your refuge,

        and underneath are the everlasting arms.

        He will drive out your enemy before you.

It can sometimes be hard to remember that God is taking care of us.  God asks us to trust in Him at all times.  He encourages us to trust Him in all circumstances, with all our heart.  He asks us to release our worries and concerns into His control, and to rest into the security of His everlasting arms.

In the picture below we see Peter, one of Jesus’ disciples, not being able to do that.  For many, Peter is often viewed as being one of the people whom we could imagine being able to trust Christ completely.  After all, Peter knew Jesus personally.  Yet even Peter had doubts.  In this story Jesus is walking on the water and Peter is invited to do the same, but Peter’s trust in Jesus wavers, and so Peter sinks.  Even though Peter’s trust wavers, Jesus is there to catch him.  In our times, when our trust runs low or even when it might feel nonexistent Jesus is still there to catch us too.  Thanks be to God.

Prayer:

Lord let us feel your presence today as we spread your healing presence to all that we come in contact with.  Help us trust in you and to rest in your arms.  Open our hearts and minds to all the possibilities that you lay before us.  Remember the people that we have in our hearts today as we go out into the world.  In your name oh Lord we pray.  Amen.