New Hope Christian Fellowship

Usually when I write I try to have a topic I want to write about. This is not going to be written that way. Today was a crazy day for my family and me. I took my kids to the park this morning to play and give my wife some time to herself. While we were at the park my daughter fell and started crying. I realized something was wrong, got her and my son into the van, called my wife, and we were all off to the emergency room. Eventually we found that she had broken her arm in such a way that she had to have surgery to fix it and would have to stay in the hospital overnight.

It was a day of many emotions. Panic that my daughter was hurt. Nasuea is thinking about what happened. Anger that the doctors couldn’t fix my little girl right now. Appreciation with the visit of the pastor. Sadness at hearing my daughter cry as they put in the iv. Love for my family that came to stand by my wife, daughter, and myself. Fear as my daughter went into surgery. Relief in knowing the surgery had gone well. Calmness in talking to my mom about what had happened.

In all that was going on, there was one verse that kept coming to my mind and it is a true representation of a Christian’s relationship with God.

“Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the LORD thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.” (Deuteronomy 31:6 – KJV)

I hate it when my son calls for me at three a.m. It’s usually one of those loud screams only a toddler old can do. He’s barely awake, but he’ll yell “Mommy, I want you!” until he someone comes to check on him. That always means me climbing out of bed and going to see what he wants. I always hope it’s something simple like more juice or a diaper change. Something quick so I can go back to sleep. There are some mornings when that’s all he wants and he’ll go back to sleep happily. Then there are other mornings when he grabs his ducky blanket, climb out of his bed, take my hand and start walking to the living room. When this happens, I know that he wants to sit in my lap while I rock him in the rocking chair for a bit. Even though it may be three a.m., and I might be a little irritated about being up at the whim of an almost three year old, I’ll go with him. I’ll sit in the chair, pull him in my lap, and rock him. Yes, my son gets what he wants.

This past Sunday, while we were worshiping our Heavenly Father to the song “Glorify Your Name”, God our Father heard our cry of “I want you. I need you.” Like a loving parent, He came to us and asked us what we wanted. He didn’t come like at us like a tired parent who hopes his child will go to bed soon so he could go back to sleep. No, he came as a loving, waiting parent. He asked us to come and surrender to him and he would give it to us.

Jesus said in John 6:37, “Him that cometh to me, I will in no wise cast out.”

So, what is is you want?