Song of Solomon 2:11-12
“See! The winter is past;
the rains are over and gone.
Flowers appear on the earth;
the season of singing has come….”
John 4:26
“I, the one speaking to you—I am he.”
“I still held onto the trauma and the memory of [our son’s] fight for life. I kept reliving the grief of him being taken, the fear of him dying, and the agony of leaving our tiny baby on a breathing machine in the hospital while we slept at home.
I realized past events held me, and through prayer I took all the memories, flashbacks, and grief to the cross of Jesus. God freed me to live in the here and now and properly celebrate our amazing God and his incredible gift to us. It was over.” (Redman, Beth. God Knows my Name: Never Forgotten, Forever Loved. p. 48)
Beth Redman’s order here is crucial. She held onto the trauma, and the result was that it felt like the past events held her. But they did not, for when she went to the Lord in prayer, he said to her, “You can let it go,” and “It is over.”
Where do we hold onto fear? God wants to say to us, “It is over.” We don’t have to live in fear. The season of singing has come, because the Messiah is here.
Ephesians 1:6
We praise God for the glorious grace he has poured out on us who belong to his dear Son.
Prayer: Lord, I praise you for the glorious grace that you have poured out on me because I belong to Jesus. In Jesus’ name. Amen.
Let’s worship the Lord in song with “God You’re So Good” by Passion (click here).
-BR
