Each Step I Take My Savior Goes With Me
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“The steps of the godly are directed of the LORD. He delights in every detail of their lives. Though they stumble, they will not fall, for the LORD holds them by the hand.” (Psalm 37:23, 24 NLT)
When I first heard the doctor say to me, “It’s cancer,” I couldn’t quite comprehend that he was speaking to me. As a nurse, I had heard the doctor say that about some of my patients, but this time he was addressing me. That dreaded C word belonged to me. How could that be?
The months that followed were filled with surgery and now aggressive chemotherapy. Every time I go to the hospital, I get more stuff to read about cancer. People who know me well, keep asking me “How are you feeling?” I’m grateful for the many kind friends who are praying for me and showing me their loving support.
But I don’t want to revolve each day around the cancer diagnosis. I want to live each day to the full in the power of the Risen Christ, as normally as I can. So, I plant more flowers, I invite people over for lunch and I ask them what’s happening in their lives. I go for daily walks around Mill Lake, and I read interesting books (not about cancer).
And what about the future? I am comforted to know that Jesus has already been there. He goes before me and behind me, He is all around me and within me. His Word says: The steps of the godly are directed of the LORD. He delights in every detail of their lives. Though they stumble, they will not fall, for the LORD holds them by the hand. (Psalm 37:23, 24 NLT)
Thank you, Father for the truth and comfort of this song:
Each step I take my Savior goes with me, and with my hand in His, He leads the way….
Each step I take I know that He will guide me. To higher ground He ever leads me on.
Until some day the last step will be taken, each step I take just leads me closer home.
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I am praying for you, Helen, and I thank you for the blessing of this devotional. I have a dear friend with prostate cancer, and it is refreshing to know what is helpful and life-embracing to share with him when we are together. I remember when I got sick and my friends were so afraid to come around. Your article is a terrific reminder of how much we all need to be surrounded with the joy of life, whether we are presently sharing our gratitude for health with the Lord or walking with Him and praying to regain our health.
May God bless you richly during this painful time and always!
Dear Helen, I’m very sorry to hear that you’re diagnosed with cancer. I pray that the Lord will be present in all of the challenges ahead of you, and make his loving care known to you and those you witness your courage.
I too have had cancer, stage 4, it has been an incredible journey with my Lord. Without Him carrying me when I was weak and holding me in His wonderful ams as I cried I would never have been able to get through. Our God is a great God and He does direct the paths of His people for He chose each one us.
my friend just called me last week and told me she has lung cancer and has 2 to 6 months to live. What a shock. She has lung cancer. But she loves the Lord and she knows where she is going. I have been so sad for her that I went around grieving for days. I feel better now. I kept asking God why we she has to go through all this pain and suffering when she just has had the worst last few years. My husband says maybe because she doesn’t have to suffer anymore. I guess that is true only God knows what is ahead of us and he knows if it is even more painful he can come to our rescue. I have made peace with it now. I have been praying for her and trying to help her but she seems not to want my help too much. Thank you for this devotion. Jan
I am so blessed by these devotions. And I am so thankful for people sharing real life events. It is so inspiring and reassuring to see people walk forward as conquerors in Christ. I have seen such people in my lifetime in our church be such warriors. But the reality is not always so rosy. And I hope that people realize that even if they don’t do it all perfectly that God knows that, and he is still there. Life and death is in the hand of the Living God. I for one was not the perfect example of someone who held God’s word. I sat in church and listened to many great messages I believed were for me looking back now. But I was hit with a huge unexpected health crisis and realing inititally let fear in and because my prayers were not answered I got confused about God’s love for me. Once that happened it controlled me. Only by the mercy and grace of God I am here today. My problems are not gone, my disease still is considered terminal, by I reached a point were pretty much everything “I had done” about my situation was disasterous. Finally I said one day, “God, I am going to believe what your Word says, you can’t lie, and you said you will forgive me if I confess my sins to you. So, here it is, I have completely messed up and although others say my actions were because of the medication I was on, I admit to you that I am responsible for my action. I did not trust you. Please forgive me. Help me to trust you always, show me, teach me, guide me.” And He did, and He does it in the strangest ways uniquely to each one of us. Sometimes, I can’t explain it to another person well enough the personal nature of our God. I know that He has freed me of guilt, shame and set me forward looking. The devil keeps bringing stuff up, but God gives us the Word which sets Satan straight. But each minute or day or opportunity is a choice, stay alert, be on guard, sin is crouching at the door always trying to gain a foothold. It is why during these storms that drawing closer to Jesus, the Word and taking every opportunity to Praise Him is so important. He inhabits the praises of His people. There is such peace that come from trusting Him. I look at it this way now
James 1:2-4 Consider it a sheer gift, griends, when tests and challenges come at you from all sides. You know that under pressure, your faithlife is forced into the open and shows its true colors. So don’t try to get out of anything prematurely. Let it do its work so you become mature and well-developed, not deficient in any way.
very touching message right there. am praying for you that Gods power will continue being revealed in your life. be blessed