I Got Him

Isaiah 41:10 (NKJV) Fear not, for I am with you; Be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, Yes, I will help you, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.'

As a rookie policeman I had to spend six months with a training officer learning the department procedures. I was fortunate to ride with a Training Officer that was a fifth degree black belt in Karate. He was not big in stature but in my years as a police officer I never rode with anyone that remained as calm and cool in the face of danger as he did. I witnessed him take down men twice his size and never break a sweat. After a couple of months I stopped standing back and observing and instead began to step up to the subjects and deal with them myself. It was always reassuring to know that that when I faced uncertain danger he had my back.
As we live our lives for God, we are often called to stand in places of uncertainty and danger. When those times come it is natural to focus on the problem. Our minds begin to run the scenarios and try to find the solution – our path to victory. When we discover that we are out of options with nowhere to turn or the problem seems to overwhelm us we begin to fear. I have been there and I’m sure you have too. That is when God whispers to us “Fear not, for I am with you”. That giant in front of you is no match for God. The fear that you feel is a product of sight not faith and 2 Corinthians 5:7 tells us that is not the way to walk. We, like Peter, begin to look at the wind and the waves and we take our eyes off of Jesus. It is easy to forget God is there when we are focused on the problem. So today I encourage you to “turn your eyes upon Jesus, look full in His wonderful face, and the things of this earth will grow strangely dim, in the light of His glory and grace.” So when Satan is staring you in the face and asks what you are going to do say to that old devil with faith that pierces the dark as you point to Jesus, "I don't know but I got Him!"