So I guess for me, the same as many of yourselves, blogging is a new thing for me. It's something I have never done before, nor had any intention of doing. Recently though, I seem to have found a lot more time on my hands than I normally would have. This is mostly down to being stuck in the house with a broken leg! So since the first blog went out about Trash or Treasure, I have been challenged.

Hopefully by Friday the 24th, I will be going in for an operation. The surgeons have already said they don't know what to expect. They know partly what they need to do but they won't know the full extent until they look at the bone. So that got me thinking. I was reading 2 Chronicles when King Jehoshaphat was ruler. Moab and Ammon had built up armies to take him on. He was getting it tight from all sides and he cried out to God for help. Through a man in the crowd who had come to pray, the Spirit prompted him to say

“Listen, King Jehoshaphat and all who live in Judah and Jerusalem! This is what the Lord says to you: ‘Do not be afraid or discouraged because of this vast army. For the battle is not yours, but God’s. (2 Chronicles 20:15)

The end of this chapter goes on to say that God went before them and fought the battle and gave Judah the victory. I guess for me, what I am learning is to hand over all my battles to God. To know that he is the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. That whatever bones, ligaments or tendons need to be fixed, that He has already went before me, and won this battle.

What fight are you facing at the minute? Maybe, just maybe, it's the act of surrender that gives us the victory. When we are weak, He is strong. Today, I urge you to hand over your battles to God, let him fight them for you.

A song that also prompted this blog is one by Chris Tomlin - Whom Shall I Fear. Worth a listen! Play it loud!

Mark Hoy