How Am I Going To Get Through This?

Our prayer and meditation this morning for Sally’s healing is an excerpt from Praying Through Cancer: Set Your Heart Free From Fear by Susan Sorensen and Laura Geist. Excerpt written by Sandra Burmeister.

My grace is sufficient for you, for my

power is made perfect in weakness.

Therefore I will boast all the more gladly

 about my weaknesses so that Christ’s

power may rest on me.

~2 Corinthians 12:9

Throughout my entire breast cancer ordeal, I kept asking the Lord, “How am I going to get through this?” The assurance that came into my mind again and again was, My grace is sufficient. I did not doubt that the grace of Christ had made me His for eternity, but I wanted control over the situation and to know the outcome from the beginning.

My faith was tested by the absolute dependency I felt throughout my battle with cancer—a dependency on medical professionals, on loved ones to help me, and on the Lord. I am a woman who plans, organizes, second-guesses outcomes, and manages situations.  None of these skills served me during the struggle. Only the sufficient grace of the Lord upheld me.

Now that several years have passed, sometimes, like Paul, I boast of the weaknesses I experienced, of weaknesses gradually growing into strength as the Lord defeated the monster—was it cancer or doubt? Both can kill the joy and hope in our lives. Christ wants us to have life abundantly in all circumstances. His grace is sufficient.

Heavenly Father, teach me to accept the grace You have provided—the grace that sees me through every day, every trial, every danger. Your spirit upholds me when I am most fearful and weak. Thank You for your promise to be faithful in my time of need. I am grateful Your treasure is in this weak vessel, made strong by the all-surpassing power that is from You and not from me. Teach me the joy of the hidden life You sustain in me and the victory You provide.

You are the only unchanging and solid place where I can run. You arm me with strength and make my way perfect. You train my hands for battle. You give me Your shield of victory, and Your hand sustains me. You broaden the path beneath me, so that my ankles do not turn. I praise You for Your overflowing and sufficient grace! Thank You, Lord.

Prayer References

2 Corinthians 12:9 and 4:7; Psalm 18:31-36

Music for Meditation
Healing is in Your Hands by Christy Nockels

 

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