Narrative Lectionary Key Verse for Today
“The Lord will fight for you, and you have only to keep still.’”
NL Daily Devotion for Tuesday, October 1, 2024
by R. M. Fergus, Clergy Stuff
We all have our moments when we feel our back is the Red Sea and the forces of Egypt are bearing down on us. For the vast majority of us, it probably hasn’t been this dramatic. But I, for one, have made at least one major decision in my life that has required me to put my complete trust in God to get me through. I left a situation without a clear plan for what was going happen when I did. Action was necessary. I took it. And then I prayed. Things could have gone far, far worse than they did. Looking back, I’m actually amazed at how it all worked out. And even though I was doing the work—taking the appropriate action steps, following through, advocating for myself, doing what needed to be done—I did feel like God was the one doing all the heavy lifting, as is God’s way. The fear, the grief, the anger were all real, but at no point did I feel like I was alone. God did fight for me, and I only had to keep still.
When has God shown up for me in a crisis?
