EMERGENCY CONTACT

Hebrews 4:16  "Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need."

Today was the day for annual tests.....none of us like these things, but we just get it done.  As normal, one of the questions asked was "Who shall we put down for your emergency contact".  The first thought, the first thing that came to my mind was "My Lord God, my Father".  I know who to call in case of emergency.  I know where my help is and from Whom it comes, always.

It caused me to remember when I was moving to Dallas, three members of my family and I were loading Roberts 300 pound wheelchair in the back of a pickup truck when it slipped and fell on  my right hand.  I was moving in 3 days and still had lots to do.  As it hit my hand, out of my mouth came the words of my heart....."Help me Father".  As we watched my hand double in size and turn deep purple and black, my family was wanting me to let them take me immediately to the hospital for they knew, they were sure my hand was smashed, bones crushed.  I stood there, feeling no pain, and after a couple of minutes, began to close my hand.....nothing broken.  By that night, all the color had returned to normal and I still had no pain. 

I knew on Whom to call. Immediately upon those words of faith coming from my lips and rising up the the Throne room of my Father, He touched me with His grace, with His love, with His power.  He surrounded me with the healing waters from the River of Life and let His Glory be shown.  As my family called me that night, to see if surely I did not want them to take me to the hospital for x-rays, for medical treatment, and as I told my brother-in-law that my hand was back to normal, skin color the same as the left hand, he basically was in disbelief.  I assured him it was true, and he knew, there was no doubt that the Lord miraculously healed me, protected me, kept me from harm.  What a witness this was to my family.  They saw what my hand looked like....they knew the weight that had fallen on it....they saw first hand the Glory of the Lord.

My emergency contact will always be my Heavenly Father.  There is no doubt where to go when I feel threatened by this world, when the enemy decides to torment me....and he never fails to give it a shot when I proclaim the Majesty of my Lord God.  But as he has found out, time and again, he fails.  I will never cease to glorify the Lord and sing praises to Him. 

Who is your emergency contact?  I realize we need folks listed on the paper, someone to call, available help should they need it (you noticed I said they....seems like The Name of The Lord doesn't quite fit on their line) but we know Who to call in time of need.  We know Who will never fail to come, He is right with all always, we need only to mention His Name and we feel His Presence.  If you are not sure that when you call, He will come, then perhaps a searching of your heart would be the thing to do now.  Check and see why you are unsure....I promise you the uncertainly is not on the Lord's part.  I know His heart and He loves you dearly.  Trust Him....HE'S ALWAYS ON CALL.....

Patspennings
03-20-13