“Call on me in the day of trouble;
I will deliver you, and you will honor me.”
Psalm 50:15 (NIV)
It’s helpful to remind ourselves of those times when God came through for us, after we called on Him. It encourages my faith to recall an experience I once had after Jon’s accident and brain injury. Three years ago, I acquired legal documents that declared me Jon’s legal guardian, and I was preparing to bring them to the bank.
The morning before I left the house, I remember praying, “Jesus, I surrender this situation to you, take care of everything.” Being named as Jon’s permanent guardian, would give me the right to pay his bills and apply for his Social Security disability. I was relieved to finally have the legal right to manage his expenses and future benefits.
Instead, I hit a roadblock when the bank informed me that the situation is more complicated than they first thought. I had no idea that the only bank account Jon had was a business checking account. For twenty years, he had his own small business, patching or sealcoating driveways in the Lake County area.
The legal glitch was that his account was in a business name and my guardianship did not give me access to a business account. They said even if they closed the account, the check would have to be made payable to the business name, and Jon was unable to sign a check. So I was in a stalemate situation.
I asked the banker how this could ever be resolved, since Jon is disabled and cannot speak or care for his own state of affairs. Silvia, the banker, said she felt bad, but it was out of her hands, since it was the decision of their legal department.
When I heard Silvia’s answer, I said to the Lord in my mind,
“Lord, I surrender this to you, take care of everything.” Then I felt peace, thinking God may have a better plan that I don’t yet understand.
Just after I said that prayer in my mind, Silvia, the banker, said, “Wait, I’m going to call our legal department once more, and maybe a different person will have more insight and help to find a better solution.”
It was so nice of Silvia to go the extra mile and be so persistent in solving this problem. The Holy Spirit was guiding her, because she made the call and spoke to a totally different person in their legal department. They requested all the documents be sent to them for review. The legal department then forwarded those documents to their chief legal expert over all the bank branches.
Silvia assured me that either she or someone else will get back to me with an answer. That same evening I received a call from the bank saying that they will be able to close the business account and open a new account with my name as his guardian. After hanging up the phone I looked up and said, “Thank you Lord for taking care of everything.”
After all the phone calls that were made that day, Silvia calling her legal department twice, and the legal department calling their chief expert over all the branches, the decision was finally made to permit me to handle Jon’s account. Jesus took care of everything, because of all the calls made that day, the most important call was the one I made to Jesus, before leaving the house.
The prayer, “Jesus, I surrender to you, take care of everything,” is a short, simple prayer that brings amazing results. As I remember those stressful days after Jon’s accident, I give God the honor and glory for tending to all the glitches and many more that came up afterward. He really does take care of everything when we ask Him to.
Lord, may our first call always be to you. We praise and thank you for being ready to hear and deliver us from all our troubles. Amen
