The Lord God is my Strength, my personal bravery, and my invincible army; He makes my feet like hinds’ feet and will make me to walk [not to stand still in terror, but to walk] and make [spiritual] progress upon my high places {of trouble, suffering or responsibility]. ( Habbakkuk 3:19 AMP)

We had been doing foster care for six years when I realized this season was drawing to a close, so I prayed for guidance about God’s plan for the next season of my life.  One of my friends was a supervisor with the National Christian Counselor’s Association and had tried for some time to convince me to take courses to be trained in Christian counseling.

Finally, I prayed seriously about her suggestion.  Counseling was something that almost seemed to be second nature to me, and I’d been doing it informally all my life.  But being trained would allow me to do it as a vocation.  I sensed that this was the direction the Holy Spirit was leading me and began taking the courses I would need.

However, as I neared the end of my training, I found to my surprise that I was fearful.  When my supervisor told me they wanted me to begin counseling someone as part of my internship, I balked, certain that I wasn’t ready.  But Habakkuk 3:19 was part of my devotional reading that day, and I knew that God, “my Strength, my personal bravery, and my invincible army” would help me to overcome my fear and do what He had called me to do.

Heavenly Father, thank you for your ability to give me “hind’s feet” to walk and “to make spiritual progress upon my high places of… responsibility!”  Amen.