I went through a season recently where I felt like I couldn’t move, where each day was full of mental exhaustion and each night I tossed and turned, unable to sleep, drained emotionally from all that my days were bombarding me with. I would go to church, I would pray, I would read the Bible, deeply longing for a fresh touch from the Lord.
It was during this dry spiritual season that I met another lady at church. We decided to meet at the beach to walk and pray, lifting each other’s needs before the Lord. To hear someone else bringing your needs before the Lord is truly heart-changing. This new friend and I tried to do our prayer walk every couple of weeks for the rest of that school year. As the weeks passed, my circumstances became resolved. My faith grew fresher. My prayers grew stronger. My hope was being restored.
During these months, I continued to pray by myself, but having this new friend also beseech heaven for my needs, was so humbling, yet so incredibly powerful. It reminds me of this verse from Colossians 1:9-10: “And so, from the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, so as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to Him, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God.”
We need others to walk alongside us through the ups and downs of this life. We need others to bring us to the feet of Jesus. Though I strongly believe the promise of these words found in Jeremiah 29:13: “You will seek me and you will find me, when you seek me with all your heart’, I do know that there are times of desperation, brokenness, and stress when we also need the strength of a faith friend to bring us to the feet of Jesus.
Moses needed Hur and Aarons hands holding his arms up during the battle. (Exodus 17:12)
Ruth and Naomi both needed each other to get through a very difficult season together. (Ruth)
The injured man needed the Good Samaritan to carry him to a place of safety and healing. (Luke 10:25-37)
The disciple Andrew brought his brother Peter to Jesus. (John 1:41)
Galatians 6:2 says that we are to “carry each others burdens and thus fulfill the law of Christ.” Is there anyone in your life right now who needs you to come along and carry them to the feet of Jesus?
When someone is in the trenches of despair, sometimes just seeing a hand reaching out to them means all the difference in their lives physically and spiritually. Pray for the Lord to open your eyes to who He wants you to reach out to. It’s very likely that many in your circle are hurting and need a fresh touch from Jesus.
Will you join me today in looking for someone whom you can bring to the feet of Jesus? Let’s be the ones who will do whatever in our efforts to restore lives and bring souls to the Lord today. Those friends in our story damaged someone’s roof to lay their friend at Jesus’ feet. Their heart was in the right place, so I know that after their rejoicing party dance, that they also repaired that roof, their healed friend right at their side helping them make the roof brand new. Jesus’ touch brings new roofs, fresh hearts and changed lives.
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Tiffany Thibault enjoys living life with her husband, two daughters and one very large dog. She not only homeschools her girls, but she also loves to write about Jesus and speak about Him with other women. She loves long walks, coffee and anything chocolate.
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iBelieve Truth Devotional for Women 5 July 2021 Monday Message By: Tiffany Thibault
