Matthew 6:31-34 NKJV
[31] “Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ [32] For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. [33] But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. [34] Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.
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Extra Hands
One day, while working with an eight-year-old child with Down Syndrome on their math and numbers, he wouldn’t count further than ten because he only had ten fingers. She refused to go further and wouldn’t use the help of my hands, just his own hands. I made him some extra hands for his math problems. He was so happy to accept the help, and we had fun working on writing the numbers on each finger. However, I saw the real victory: we found the solution, moved past the barrier, and counted up to twenty.
We can’t get very far when we refuse the help of others sent by God to move us past our comfort; I know this too well. Yesterday was my fifty days free and clean from a lifelong addiction I kept because it was how I coped with my stress and loneliness. When I finally realized this addiction was like a narcissistic lover who kept me isolated and stuck not by any other choice than my fear of letting go, and not without a fight. I’ve learned the hard way that our flesh will not let go without warring against the will of God, but the Holy Spirit always wins when we surrender to Him. The sins of the flesh leads to death, and it was also slowly killing me and everything around me, such as new dreams, friends, my future, time with loved ones, new friends, new adventures; the list can go on and on. I reflected on my sin, saw loved one die in their sin, and I began to pray for the LORD to deliver us from the sins that lead to death; and cried out to my Redeemer because I knew He wanted me to do my part by exposing it and calling it out as it is; “Sin.” Jesus called out the sin, and rebuked it. I asked my elders, friends, and family to pray for me because I knew this addiction was too strong for me to break free from on my own strength. They put their hands together and surrounded me in unity with one mind and one spirit in prayer, and praise be to God I was delivered out of the hands of my narcissistic lover, the lust of my flesh!
Today is a new day. Let’s be the extra hands someone may need in the physical realm and, through prayer, in the spiritual realm; they go hand in hand. The praise and glory of God Almighty.