You Can Do It

I was eavesdropping on a conversation between my two youngest grandsons…our youngest…Caleb…was telling his brother…Joshua… that he couldn’t reach his car…now Joshua is 7 and Caleb is 3…so it is no surprise that he would request his older brother’s help to reach his car…which had rolled under the table…I’m in the other room listening as his request becomes more and more emotional…his brother watches him for a few seconds…and says to him “Caleb…you can do it…I’m watching you…just reach”…he continues to give detailed instructions to his brother…and just like magic…I hear Caleb squeal…”I got it Josh…I got it”..big brother Joshua replies…”I knew you could do it”…there are so many messages in this exchange…it makes sense to seek help from someone who has walked ahead of us and has experienced things that we are now going through…we must trust that our God has surrounded us with the help we need…but we must first recognize that the help is there…and then there is this picture of a caring Father…who watches quietly on the sideline…desiring His children to grow up…so though He is near…He does not do it for us…He equips us to complete the task…and then just like big brother Josh says…when what we are reaching for is finally found…Our Good Father says…I knew you could do it…after all He was watching all the time What are you reaching for today? God has surrounded you with help…the greatest of which is His Holy Spirit that dwells within…continually instructing and cheering us on…His one desire is to encourage us to simply try so that He can say…”I knew you could do it”…thanks for the life lesson Joshua and Caleb❤