Facing your fears in life can be one of the hardest things you have to overcome. There we were standing by this large crowd of people. Excitement was everywhere in the air; children were laughing, and people were hurrying to get a place in the line. My 16-year son, Jeremy, at that time, turned to me, placed his hands on both my shoulders and said, “I’ll be back; I’m going to face my fears!” He went to get on the giant drop. For me that was a defining moment as his mother, I could see him way down the road in life. I believed because I had faced my fears that he would also be able to face his.
During that season in my life, I was looking for anyone that might understand. I had also experienced a giant drop which made me remember Mephibosheth. 2 Sam 4:4 and Jonathan, Saul's son, had a son that was lame of his feet. He was five years old when the tidings came of Saul and Jonathan out of Jezreel, and his nurse took him up, and fled: and it came to pass, as she made haste to flee, that he fell, and became lame. And his name was Mephibosheth. Perhaps while trying to avoid trouble in your life, you ended up damaged in the process. Maybe when you rose to go in the right direction things seemed to get worse. Let’s ring Mephibosheth’s doorbell and see how he faced his fears in 2 Sam 4:9. 9 And David said, Is there yet any that is left of the house of Saul, that I may show him kindness for Jonathan's sake?
David remembered Saul’s decedent’s just like God is going to remember you and yours. 6 Now when Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, was come unto David, he fell on his face, and did reverence. And David said, Mephibosheth. And he answered, Behold thy servant! 7 And David said unto him, Fear not: for I will surely show thee kindness for Jonathan thy father's sake and will restore thee all the land of Saul thy father; and thou shalt eat bread at my table continually. No matter what has left you crippled in your life mentally, spiritually, financially or even physically, there is hope that God has not forgotten you. He knows exactly where you are in life. Mephibosheth knew that his family had beef with King David and he didn’t know if the King was coming to take revenge or not. Him being related to Saul was once a disadvantage to him that was the catalyst that caused him to be crippled and now God was about to turn the tides and cause the very thing that crippled him to bless him forever. Allow God to deal with your fears and know that he can restore to you everything that you have lost just like he did for Mephibosheth.