A Child, a Memory Verse, and a Revelation

Sometimes, you have a lightbulb moment from God, and you just think, well, duh! But it is a profound revelation to you.

This happens to me all the time.

See, sometimes your head knows the answers, but your heart needs an extra nudge.

I’m not going to lie; these past couple weeks have had rough patches. I’m looking at my “to do” list for today, tomorrow, and Friday of assignments due; part of me wants to laugh, the other part wants to cry. Ya’ll know what I’m talking about.

Yesterday while helping out at a children’s ministry program, I had a child who told me he was stressed and worried because he had some choices to make and he didn’t know what to do. We had just gone over one of their memory verses, so I recited it back to him; “Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need and thank Him for all He has done.” (Philippians 4:6, NLT).

Throughout the time, he would come back up to me and keep asking. I would read it back to him and try to encourage him a little.

This morning I was thinking about it, and everything clicked.

Duh.

Here I am, worried about my assignments, worried about getting everything else in, and the answer is literally right in front of me. God used that child. He wanted me to keep reciting the verse to him; it was not just for him; it was for me too. It was to help me remember it and commit it to memory.

That clicked as I stood at my sink, in the process of getting ready for the morning.

So, two things:

1) Reflect on things. Your Bible reading, your devotional reading, your prayers, and sometimes, even your interactions with others. (Now, don’t overthink interactions with others. So be careful with that one.) It’s amazing some of the things we can pick up on after the fact, especially with our devotional time.

2) PRAY. Prayer is literally the answer to anything. Worried? PRAY. Scared? PRAY. Overwhelmed? PRAY. Happy? PRAY. Depressed? PRAY. You get where I’m going with this. Don’t believe you should always pray? Well….

“Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus” (1 Thessalonians 5:16-18, NIV; emphasis mine).

Look back at the verse we quoted earlier, Philippians 4:6 … it says to “…pray about everything.”

I’m sure there are more verses on this. Why don’t you check it out for yourself?

All in all, I know this was something I needed to hear. I hope that it helps you in some way.

Love ya’ll! <3