Trust

Have you ever said to yourself “Someday that’s going to be me?” I think it’s high time for you to think differently and do things you have never done before. In fact, I dare you to believe God for the unthinkable. Let me tell you a story about one of my patient lately, he was diagnosed with a severe debility and has been in bed immobilized for almost a year and has been transferring from his bed to his wheelchair using a hoyer lift. He was also in hospice care, meaning just let the patient die because of his terminally ill disease. But when his hospice was lifted, skilled intervention was done; he told me he wants to get out of his bed and wants to be mobile again. And just recently, he is now transferring with minimal assist and is now pushing his own wheelchair independently. So what happened here? He didn’t think of defeat, he thought of victory. He didn’t think of failure, he thought of success. He didn’t think of giving up, he thought of fighting.

And many of us struggle with putting our complete trust in God. Sometimes, we even trust the report that we see and hear around us. We tend to trust the bad report that we see and read in the news, we tend to trust the bad medical report, we tend to view the updates that we get from our friends at facebook, and we tend to listen to the voice of other people.  And yes, the pain of the past can be easier to believe than the promises of God. But we have the power to choose what to listen and what to believe. There is power over what we listen and receive. Every time we accept and embrace that negative report, it turns into reality. So why accept that negative report when it will be true. Try changing your perspective and try receiving a good report, try embracing the truth that God loves you and He wants to bless you, take care of you, promote you, make you victorious. God has so much in store for you!

And whenever the dream inside your heart begins to show, there will be challenges, like the patient I was talking earlier, it’s not easy for him to stand up, he had some sort of difficulty, but with the help of his C.N.A., nurses and therapist he was able to overcome that adversity, yes he is not totally recovered yet, and yes people are telling him to give up because he was in hospice care. But the key is to know that you know that God will make good on His promises. Just keep believing and obeying God even when everything and everyone around you is telling you to quit.