God uses whatever it takes to grow our reliance on Him. Acts 9 tells the story of Paul on the road to Damascus where he simultaneously saw Jesus, heard Him speak, and went blind for a couple days.

That’s what it took to set Paul on the path of faith and reliance.

My personal road to Damascus began forty years ago today when I gave birth to a son. Twelve hours later he received a diagnosis and earned an airplane ride to a hospital in another state. That’s what it took to put me on the path to faith and reliance. I could do nothing for our tiny baby except entrust him to God.

I didn’t see God. I didn’t hear Him.

Instead, I found myself on the Damascus road of parenting a medically fragile baby. Sometimes, my husband and I could see one step ahead. Usually, we were traveling blind. We could do nothing except rely upon God to show us the way.

Forty years later, I can confidently say that He did.

My confidence was bolstered today when I was studying the story of Paul on the Damascus road in Acts 9. Paul’s experience on a dusty road close to 2,000 years ago was very different than that of mine as the parent of a child with special needs. However, the people He provided along the way for Paul and for our small family were remarkably similar.

To read the rest of God Uses Whatever It Takes to Grow Our Reliance on Him visit the Key Ministry blog.

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