July 12

I Know the Promise Maker

He is your praise and he is your God, the one who has done mighty miracles you yourselves have seen (Deuteronomy 10:21, TLB).

Scripture: Deuteronomy 10:17-21

Song: “What a Mighty God We Serve”

As a young English teacher, wife, and mom, I still couldn’t drive. Fast-forward past years of inconvenience for my remarkably patient mate. God eventually took away my fear. You will get that license! I believed but respectfully reminded God of one immense obstacle: I didn’t know how to drive.

I studied the manual and practiced (sometimes causing near nervous breakdowns to unsuspecting travelers). Then, by surprise, my husband took me to Texas Transportation to test God’s promise.

Meticulously I maneuvered our old station wagon through the official’s barked-out commands, his swift pen ceaselessly subtracting. “Mrs. King,” the frustrated man said, “if you don’t drive faster than 15 mph, we’ll get run over!” But had that dog-eared book stated I must drive 16 mph? And what was God’s promise? “He can’t subtract enough to fail you!”

Finally, the man reluctantly shoved the form into my sweaty hand. Atop the heavily-marked sheet was a spectacular number—71! Fear and failure and subtraction had deferred to an overcoming vow. I’d read God’s Manual; I knew the Author personally.

Dear Heavenly Father, I am glad You never allow Your word to go unfulfilled, no matter what. Sometimes I wonder, though, whether You smile while guiding the sweaty hands of Your children. Praise You, in the name of Jesus. Amen.