For the sake of this blog, I will refer to this verse as:  OVERWHELMED.  For the Psalmist is OVERWHELMED with God….and His creation.

 

Psalm 8    1 O LORD , our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!  You have set your glory above the heavens.  2 From the lips of children and infants you have ordained praise because of your enemies, to silence the foe and the avenger.  3 When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, 4 what is man that you are mindful of him, the son of man that you care for him?  5 You made him a little lower than the heavenly beings and crowned him with glory and honor.  6 You made him ruler over the works of your hands;  you put everything under his feet:  7 all flocks and herds, and the beasts of the field, 8 the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, all that swim the paths of the seas. 9 O LORD , our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!

 

Big Daddy Weave sings a song called OVERWHELMED……and I believe it goes very well with this verse.  And it leads me to the subject of today’s Blog Post.

 

As I sat in church, in the midst of worship.  I remembered another “Do you want to get well?” moment…….this one more personal.

 

I am a man with two bad knees.  I have had two knee reconstructions….and both knees have been re-injured since.  In the first 3 surgeries the cartilage was so bad that the doctor simply shaved it away.  So when I see an athlete go down with a torn ACL……I am compassionate……I know the rehab it takes and how hard it is to deal with such a severe injury.  My reality is that I deal with this daily.

 

Not too long ago, one of my knees went out at school…..and I could not get it to line up right.  Without an ACL, your knee dislocates…..and mine seemed to be in a place where it was permanently “out”.

 

I began to go to a place of discouragement……

In fact…..I had a moment.  I laid down on our couch at home and I began to become OVERWHELMED with discouragement—-I simply laid there with my head in my hands and silently wept……..

How would I work?

How would I be there for my kids?

For my wife?

I was a cripple on a couch…..and I can honestly say that I felt like a man without hope.

 

My wife…..the greatest person I know…..sensed my despair and came over and began to pray over me……she put her hands on me and began to ask God for His mercy and His strength and His love………

 

When I got up off of the couch that day…….I was OVERWHELMED with God’s love….encouraged and filled with hope and courage….I would stand and do what I was supposed to do (in the spirit), even though I had no idea how I would do it in the physical (although….my knee did feel better)

 

That Sunday, I limped into church.  A friend of mine, Brian, was helping me collect and sort offering…….as we did so—I was struck by the fact that he had been talking in front of the church about his desire to pray over, and bring God’s healing, to people.

 

What did I have to lose?

 

So I humbled myself and asked him.

 

My humble servant friend gladly prayed and asked the Lord to bring healing to my knee…..

 

Since that day—–my knee has not given me one bit of trouble.

 

So today, I want to proclaim God’s desire to OVERWHELM your issue….whatever it might be.

You know…..sometimes there are mountains in front of us…..mountains that we look at and wonder:  How will I climb that?  How can I possibly get through this?

 

The enemy can own your world with a thought.

 

He can take you to a place of no hope.

He can bring you to a place where you do not know how you will do it.

He can fill you with lies and partial truths (even bigger lies) and convince you that you make no difference….that you are broken and ineffective…..that there is no hope.

 

I think it is easy, when we allow it, to be OVERWHELMED by the words of the enemy.

 

I think it was important that my wife prayed over me and helped me to become OVERWHELMED with God’s love.

 

I think that put me in a place where Brian could pray over me and I could be OVERWHELMED with God’s plans and His hope……and His healing touch.

 

So today……I ask:  Do You Want To Get Well?

 

My first encouragement would be to tell you to be OVERWHELMED by God’s love.  If you need some help—-ask someone to pray for you.

 

My second encouragement would be to tell you to be OVERWHELMED with God’s creation and simply who He is……..To be OVERWHELMED with the fact that He has got us….that even in death He has our world totally covered.

 

After all…….Jesus Christ is our ONLY HOPE.

 

In The Name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.  Amen.

 

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Coach J