I finally got around to taking care of my dad's truck after being parked in the garage for the past 2 years. This morning the tow truck company came to take the car to the auto shop for a much needed assessment. Mom and I already knew that the truck wasn't starting and would need a jump. We watched in anticipation as the mechanic attached the jumper cables from his vehicle to the truck and waited for about 5 minutes. No sound of anything. A tap tap tap on the wires; a jiggle here and there. No sound or click click from the engine; there was nothing.....Expected.
The mechanic then said, "I got you." and proceeded to disconnect the jumper cables, return them to his vehicle, and backed up in order to position himself to hoist the truck. As we watched, Mom said, Pastor Martino said the back of tow trucks machinery looks like the cross. I never heard of that before and sure enough, it did. Well, I stood in amazement as I watched "that cross" unfold it's arm to grip the bottom of the wheels and wrap himself around the back of the front tires for security. And just like that, the truck was ready to be towed away.
The mechanics words stuck with me as I heard the spirit echo, God Got You! Just like that truck, we can be sitting and feel like we've been forgotten, but God Got Us. We may be lifeless, but God Got Us. We may not want to turn over when help comes, but God Got Us. We may be stuck and unwilling to move, but Got Got Us. We may be a "hot mess." but God Got Us. The Word says, "If God is for us, who can be against us?"
See, God is sending the spiritual tow truck to restore us, to revive us, to repair us, to reconcile us to the original state and intention for our lives. Psalm 23:3 says He restores my soul. Psalm 143:11 says Revive me, O Lord, for your name's sake! For your righteousness sake bring my soul out of trouble. Isaiah 30:26 says the Lord binds up the breach of his people, and heals thee strokes of their wound. Colossians 1:20b says through Him to reconcile to Himself all things whether on earth or things in heaven... It is His desire for our souls to prosper that it may know health, healing and prosperity in life. God Got Us! He will not allow us to stay in a lifeless state but for so long, because He has called us out of darkness into His marvelous light and understanding. And it doesn't matter the state, how long or the situation; God loves us enough to pick us up, turn us around to change our lives.
It didn't matter the condition of the truck (because it was also very dusty) or how long it had been sitting, the mechanic knew exactly what to do to get it to it's destination......
It needed the tow!
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