Last Wednesday I was asked to preach at church on Sunday in Spanish and I was very happy to say yes because God had already given me what to speak about. I was not ready for the attacks that would come because I was going to proclaim God’s goodness. Friday on the walk back from our school I fell which injured my ankle, severely scrapped up my knee, and scrapped up my arm. My clumsiness shined through, as well as doubt from the enemy. I immediately wondered how I would be able to stand and preach on Sunday. My topic was trust without fear so I had to put it into play in order to preach.
Saturday there was pain with every step and stabbing pains in my knee. I kept praying God would give me strength to preach as I prepared my sermon and some of my squad mates began to pray for me as well. Sunday morning we had squad worship. I was sitting on a bench with my ankle propped up. During worship God lead me to pray for a squad mate who was sitting in the floor. I didn’t want to because it would hurt to get down to her and to stand back up. But God prompted me again and I didn’t want to rob her of a blessing, so I went and prayed for her and God spoke to her heart. I returned to the bench with my knee and ankle hurting and I continued to worship. God told me to get up and worship like I always do. I told him it would cause too much pain and I was worshipping while sitting here. He said my healing was in my worship so stand up and worship. So I stood up and raised my hands. With every step took and every word I sang the pain lessened until it was completely gone! I took the brace off my ankle and thanked God for His healing. I testified to my squad at the end of our time together about my healing.
I preached later that afternoon, without pain, on trust without fear. I talked about how God has been deepening my view of trust so that no doubt, fear, or worry is present. He has been even teaching me up until that morning. It’s been tough, but so rewarding. He’s taught me that when I do have fear I can overcome it by remembering past victories, rejecting discouraging words, recognizing the true nature of the conflict, responding with a positive declaration, and relying on the power of God. As you increase your faith fear, doubt, and worry will lessen and disappear.
