If Need Be

Today I received the following in an e-mail update from someone I have never met but have corresponded with, Billy Daws, at ReFocus Ministry. This is excellent and I wanted to pass it along to our Pilgrim Scribblings readers. Thanks Billy!

Billy writes:

The call comes that ushers you into the worst crisis of your life. Over time, hope begins to disappear. You are well aware of your utter helplessness. It is time to stand still and consider your God.

If need be, God can speak and hang the sun and the moon.
If need be, God can operate, remove a rib, and create a helpmate.
If need be, God can cause it to rain for 40 days and nights.
If need be, God can send confusion to a mis-directed building crew.
If need be, God can direct you to a land you do not know.
If need be, God can provide a sacrifice when one is needed.
If need be, God can cause a womb to flourish even when it is past the time of child bearing.
If need be, God can bring you out of prison and give you the position of Vice President.
If need be, God can protect a baby in a crocodile infested Nile.
If need be, God can speak from a burning bush that is not consumed.
If need be, God can cause a rod to turn into a snake.
If need be, God can send frogs, flies, boils, gnats, locusts, darkness, disease, and death to our enemy.
If need be, God can cause our enemy to give us his gold and silver.
If need be, God can part the sea.
If need be, God can dry up muddy ground so we can walk on it.
If need be, God can drown the whole advancing enemy army.
If need be, God can give water from a rock.
If need be, God can send manna in the morning every day for 40 years.
If need be, God can cause clothes and shoes not to wear out for 40 years.
If need be, God can speak from the darkness.
If need be, God can give us the land occupied by others.
If need be, God can defeat our enemies and drive them out of the land.
If need be, God can send angels to surround us.
If need be, God can raise up a righteous judge.
If need be, God can bring down the house using a blind strong man.
If need be, God can stop the rain.
If need be, God can use a 17 year old boy to slay a giant.
If need be, God can remove a king.
If need be, God can shut the mouths of lions.
If need be, God can cause the sun and the planets to stand still.
If need be, God can rescue a prophet out of a well.
If need be, God can provide plenty of food for two widow ladies.
If need be, God can arrange a wedding for you with your kinsman redeemer.
If need be, God can provide food for you during a famine.
If need be, God can take your last container of oil and flour and fill it up again and again.
If need be, God can restore life to your son.
If need be, God can remove the reproach of barrenness and give you a child who will bless God.
If need be, God can cause a whale to swallow you to get you back on course.
If need be, God can send fire to consume a soggy altar and sacrifice.
If need be, God can stand with you in the fire, insuring that not even your hair gets singed.
If need be, God can turn a king into a crazy man in order for the king to give God glory.
If need be, God can give you a dream.
If need be, God can interpret the dream.
If need be, God can feed you with ravens.
If need be, God can pay taxes from a fish you catch.
If need be, God can make the lame walk.
If need be, God can calm the sea.
If need be, God can cause writing to appear on a blank wall.
If need be, God can make a donkey talk.
If need be, God can multiply fish and bread.
If need be, God can heal a leprous hand.
If need be, God can touch a little girl and restore life.
If need be, God can roll the stone away.
If need be, God can knock the hell out of the grave.
If need be, God can do anything He wants to do.

So why do we ever worry?

2 Chron. 20:12-18 (NLT) - "O our God, won't you stop them? We are powerless against this mighty army that is about to attack us. We do not know what to do, but we are looking to you for help." As all the men of Judah stood before the Lord with their little ones, wives, and children, the Spirit of the Lord came upon one of the men standing there. His name was Jahaziel son of Zechariah, son of Benaiah, son of Jeiel, son of Mattaniah, a Levite who was a descendant of Asaph. He said, "Listen, King Jehoshaphat! Listen, all you people of Judah and Jerusalem! This is what the Lord says: Do not be afraid! Don't be discouraged by this mighty army, for the battle is not yours, but God's. Tomorrow, march out against them. You will find them coming up through the ascent of Ziz at the end of the valley that opens into the wilderness of Jeruel. But you will not even need to fight. Take your positions; then stand still and watch the Lord's victory. He is with you, O people of Judah and Jerusalem. Do not be afraid or discouraged. Go out there tomorrow, for the Lord is with you!" Then King Jehoshaphat bowed down with his face to the ground. And all the people of Judah and Jerusalem did the same, worshiping the Lord. "