Can Your God Rescue You?

Almost four years ago, I sat in the office of Dr. Daniel at Harvard Vanguard Hospital in the Boston area, and he said to me, “You need to reboot your brain.”

I thought to myself, “What? My brain is not working?” I was there because I knew something was wrong. I couldn’t think clearly, and it was a challenge just to function. I had tripped on a broken pavement during a walk and injured my left upper forehead. The prescription was to close down the computer, the system, the brain. I needed to rest and rest and rest my brain until it rebooted itself.

Often in life, a situation or experience requires us to reboot. We need to frequently renew our mind, our spirit, and our heart. “Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—His good, pleasing and perfect will.” (Romans 12:2) Life brings us seasons where we sometimes need to reboot or be renewed —spiritually, physically, and emotionally. I am praying that your new normal will be higher, and better, and blessed by God in 2021.

In Psalm 51, David is asking God to renew a right spirit in him. Sin in our life needs attention—a turnaround, or a reboot of our heart. A right spirit is the proper attitude. Because as we think, so we are. And we can never please God unless we stretch and exercise our faith to believe in a God who can rescue us.

Around the world, things have changed. People are trying to find their life…their new normal. They feel something is wrong and they know life is different. Like a brain concussion, they are looking for the remedy in many ways—maybe a vaccine or a new immune-building supplement.

My son George had COVID-19 in November, and his health was compromised due to a previous heart attack. George worked to restore his body by fighting. He fought spiritually every day—not praying in his mind or whispering, but shouting: “Jesus, through the blood of Christ my Savior I ask you to heal my body!” Our Christians in the Dominican Republic have the Spanish word, “clamor,” which translated to English is to “shout out in prayer.” The blind man on the side of the road in Luke 18:38-39 shouted, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!” The people nearby tried to silence him, but he shouted all the louder, “Son of David, have mercy on me!” The blind man found the One who healed his blindness.

We find King Darius in Daniel 6:16 shouting, “May your God, whom you serve continually, rescue you!” The king was so upset and troubled that Daniel was being thrown into the lion’s den that he refused every form of pleasure, including food…and never slept. At the first sight of dawn, he went to find Daniel, and King Darius shouted, “Has your God been able to rescue you?”

The year 2020 has brought stories of disappointments, sorrow, and even death. Are we going to put 2020 behind us, and reboot in this new year of 2021 with a faith that pleases the God who can do the impossible? The best prescription to reboot your body, mind, and spirit is to faithfully serve God and to shout, “Yes, the God I serve can rescue me!” ~Jeanne DeTellis Loudon