He Will Without Fail…
By: Kelley Hinson
Psalm 62:8
Trust in Him at all times, O people; pour out your heart before him; God is a refuge for us.
A phrase kept running through my mind, as I sat reliving the sermon at our revival last night. The pastor’s message still rolling around in my head. The phrase that replayed in my mind was, “An open heart always finds a home.” I don’t believe it came from the sermon, but my mind being what my mind is, I let it roll. Along with that phrase came the question the pastor asked the congregation during his sermon. He asked…” Did you come here tonight expecting something to happen?”. I smiled, because I knew the answer was yes. I went there straight from work. The end of a tough, heart-bending week. Frustration, sadness, and anxiousness still rolling off me in waves. Deep sadness from the tragic loss of a precious four-legged member of my family. That started the week off. Frustration and exhaustion from the nonstop grueling pace at work. Anxiousness, because I had no more conscious will or energy left and no control over any of it. It was one thing after another. My heart was over it, and I wanted nothing more than to close up shop, deny entrance, and just be done. It was a cycle that I have gotten quite used to in the past few years and one that I promised God months ago I would break.
I have come to realize one thing…well several actually, but the thing that binds me in my walk with the Lord is knowing He is faithful and prayer. It is a mighty tool, and it should never be underestimated. I was physically and emotionally exhausted. Several times during the day I had the thought…”Don’t go to church…go home. It’s been a long day, you're tired, you can skip tonight. There’s two more nights left.” I wanted so bad to just go home and let the week go. Loads of excuses entered my mind. Your still in your work uniform…you look like your day was hard…you are not in the frame of mind for any more peopling today. But, there was another voice that entered that simply said, “Hush girl, you need to go.”
I sat in my car and weighed my options and it didn’t take long before I knew what was happening. With all this back and forth I had been doing all day, and the lengths that the enemy was going through to get me to just go home, I needed to go and there was something great that was in store for me at that church service tonight… I just knew it! My heart knew, I really needed God at this moment. So, I pulled out and pointed my car towards church. All the way from the hospital to the church I prayed out loud in my car. If someone was paying attention to me, I can see that it may have been a strange sight. I don’t know if it was because I knew where I was headed and it finally broke the cage of “hold it together” I had placed around myself, or the “closed” sign I put on it came down. Maybe my heart knew it was headed for healing. Whatever the reason, I began to cry and talk to my Father. I said, “Lord, I need to hear your voice tonight. I need to feel your presence, and I need you to fill that church with Your Spirit. It’s been an awful week, and I just need You.”
One Jesus wink later…God delivered in a passionate delivery of The Word, by a precious man of God, whose love for God is undeniable and whose sermons create joy in the hearts of those who are open to God and His presence in the room. God used this man to break down barriors, crush strongholds, and repair the weariness that the world brings through life’s circumstances. In one night, a week’s worth of “the world” fell in a burning heap. That’s why I love my God, and that is why I have given my life to Him, that’s why I am determined to keep my promise to Him, and that is why I leave my heart open to Him and seek His presence in every last detail. No matter what you go through, ask God to come in and fix it. He will without fail.
