An old song from my childhood came into my mind the other night as I was singing myself to sleep (as usual). The song came out in 1951, when I was 8. Stuart Hamblen wrote and performed it and it reached number 8 on the Billboard country music chart. Later in the 1950s, several others recorded it including Elvis, which is probably why I remembered all of the lyrics. I just want to share with you the second verse and chorus.
“There is no night for in His light you’ll never walk alone. Wherever you may roam, you’ll always be at home. There is no power can conquer you while God is on your side. Just take Him at His promise, don’t run away and hide. It is no secret what God can do. What He’s done for others He’ll do for you. With arms wide open He’ll pardon you. It is no secret what God can do.”
I continue to try to share all of the things God has done in my life, but I feel a lot like John felt when he finished his Gospel account of Jesus’ life. “Jesus also did many other things. If they were all written down, I suppose the whole world could not contain the books that would be written.” (John 21:25)
God has been doing things for me all of my life, even before I accepted Jesus as my Savior. It was His hand that guided my Mom and I out of our burning home to safety two years before I gave my heart to Him. I haven’t always noticed everything or thanked Him properly, but now my limitations have focused my attention on God and all that He continues to do for me day by day. I look up so many times each day and say with a smie, “I know that was you, Lord. Thank you!” I’m sure there also have been times He protected me from dangers I wasn’t even aware of; like the time He caused me to leave work later than usual and then I heard on the radio about a serious accident that occurred on the route home about the time I normally would have been there.
I love to share with others what God has done for me, giving Him full credit. I know that I’m not special. I am a child of God, just as I pray you are, so there is absolutely nothing He has done for me that He won’t do for you and more when you need it. The beauty of God’s love is that what he does for each of us will not be exactly the same. He knows what we need and He acts accordingly on behalf of each of us. God did not use a cookie cutter when He created us . We are each unique, so even though our situations may seem to be the same, His response may be different for you than it has been for me. That is why we call it a personal relationship we have with God that is made possible by the life, death and resurrection of His Son.