There is a gospel recording artist who composed a popular song titled “Stand” written to inspire and encourage while you are in the midst of your storm.
He asks a question, and yet gives an answer by saying, “Tell me, what do you do, when you’ve done all you can do and it seems like it’s never enough? Tell me what do you say when your friends turn away, and you’re all alone? Tell me, what do you give, when you’ve given your all, and it seems like you can’t make it through? Well, you just stand; when there’s nothing left to do; you just stand, watch the Lord see you through. Yes, after you’ve done all you can … You just stand!”
The words to this song if we allow it, puts us in a receptive mode for God to be God in our lives and situations. His intentions for us are his good thoughts and expectations for his children. In Jeremiah 29:11 it says “For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.” His thoughts are to give you a future!
While watching (painfully, I might add), the Passion of the Christ depicts Jesus’ unfailing love whereby he did not give up on us. The passages in the gospels give an account of Jesus carrying his cross on his way to Golgotha, the place where he was crucified. No matter what came his way; how much or how long he was beaten, spat on, and called names he took it by standing on the Word of Truth and his trust in God. Although, he could have called legions of angels to come to his aide, but instead he remained humble and showed the world how to “stand”!
Have you ever seen a child in “timeout” or when you grew up you had to stand in the coat room at school when you got into trouble? You didn’t know how long you were going to stand, but when it got long and hard, you started rocking, took turns standing on one foot, leaned against the wall, bent over on top of a desk to give your legs a rest or started singing? You would do anything to get your mind off of the fact you had to stand still in one place. By the time you had done all of those added extras, you really wasn’t focused on the length of time you had been standing.
It is the same way in this Christian walk, whatever trials or storms we’re facing right now we need to give it to God. We need to start praising him; stay in the Word to get our minds off of our situations. Before you know it, it will have passed. So whatever our issues are, when we have done all we can “just stand” and see the salvation of the Lord!
Cynthia R. Bennett is a licensed Evangelist and Founder of This Journey Ministries. You can reach her at info@thisjourney.org.
