By Sidharth Mohandas

I have been going through some tough times… I was dejected at a report I heard and was feeling down every now and then. This morning I was reminded of the verse “I will praise You, O Lord, with my whole heart; I will show forth (recount and tell aloud) all Your marvelous works and wonderful deeds!” [Psalm 9:1, AMP] So I decided to do this…I started looking back at times I faced problems and how the Lord had been faithful even when the problems seemed horrible in my eyes. As I was recounting His wonderful deeds I was reminded of this testimony. Though this is a very simple one… I feel prompted to share with you how the Lord took care of me…

Some weeks back, I had gone to Vellore to get some things done. Half-way through the journey I realized that I had forgotten my University identity card. Now, my University is very strict about this- they don’t even allow you to enter the University without the ID card- needless to mention it’s requirement in the office dealings. My first response was: “Oh no!…”. But then I chose to acknowledge Him, and started to speak His truth to myself and thanked Him for I was His responsibility. As I followed what He said in Philippians 4: 6, verse 7 was fulfilled and the eternal peace started flowing through me like a river. The Hebrew for “peace” as you would know is “shalom” and shalom does not simply mean “peace”, it means “well-being”. Oh, that is so true! He sees to that every day of my life- my well-being. I reached Vellore at 8 AM on Sunday… When I reached the University, I found that they weren’t checking the ID cards! Securities were standing and I was allowed to pass through- I didn’t even need the ID card for any of the dealings! Later I came to know that this was allowed only for a few weeks- until the new students who got admitted in the University this year got their ID cards! Hallelujah!

Though this one is at a small scale [according to our standards], the message contained in it is the same, “He will look after us, and will see to our well-being”. Things seem to crush us and destroy us, but He always rescues us and He is faithful.