The Lord God Strong and Mighty

Yesterday I spent over eight hours in the hospital emergency room, waiting with my sisters for a doctor.  I have spoken about this time and again, so by now our story is not unfamiliar to anyone reading.  She had what looked like a seizure, while having her physical at the doctor’s office. An ambulance was called, and she was whisked off to the hospital to begin our exercise in patience.  When we walked into the emergency room, we were greeted by chaos and echoes of coughing bouncing from the walls.  Immediately my elder sister and I masked up.  We were escorted to the hall behind the ER waiting room, where gurneys were lined up with the weak and pain ridden bodies of desperate people.  My sister was among them.  She started to cry when we came in, asking us “what’s wrong with me?”  I can’t tell you that I had any answers at that moment. My eyes mirrored her tear filled ones and I couldn’t speak.  Thankfully Clauds had an answer. “Nothing is wrong with you! We have been here before and we know what to do.  Remember we are walking through this with you.”  She was firm and fully convincing. Both Kal and I nodded in agreement and it set the tone for the hours ahead of us.  We knew that God was true to His word and indeed we were not alone…the Lord God Strong and Mighty was with us!

 

A few days before this, my mom sat on the floor cleaning the fridge.  Suddenly she burst into tears, causing me to stand stupefied looking at her. I asked, “Are you alright?” (Stupid question considering the woman was bawling her eyes out before me).  She answered, “No.”  “What’s wrong?” I asked.  She replied that she was thinking about Kal. She was worried for her and wondered when all of this would end.  Again, I had no answer, but I knew enough to know that I didn’t know, and I needed to go to the One who did know.  God knew.  So we called an immediate prayer meeting, leaving all the work that needed to be done and disregarding the places that we needed to be at right now.  God spoke through His sovereign word.

Psalm 24:7-10

Lift up your heads, you gates;
be lifted up, you ancient doors,
that the King of glory may come in.
⁸ Who is this King of glory?
The Lord strong and mighty,
the Lord mighty in battle.
⁹ Lift up your heads, you gates;
lift them up, you ancient doors,
that the King of glory may come in.
¹⁰ Who is he, this King of glory?
The Lord Almighty—
he is the King of glory.

The Lord strong and mighty, is our God and He told us not to worry about Kal on Saturday.  So by the time Thursday happened, we were reminded that The Lord is Mighty!  He is Mighty in Battle.  This battle is not ours, but His. As such, we can lift up our heads to Him, and allow the King of Glory to come in.