Big God DevotionalSample

God-sized remedy

The only remedy for big odds is a big God

Ain’t nobody gonna shake my faith

I grew up in the inner city. North Memphis. There are amazing and heartbreaking memories. At one point, our zip code was considered the poorest and held the highest infant mortality rate in the nation. I remember being in school hearing about this and watching a documentary about it. It was shocking to hear because if you saw the joy and happiness we all carried at school, the laughter, the songs, the dancing, you wouldn’t think most of us in that building lived in a zip code considered the poorest in the nation. We didn’t walk around allowing that to hover over our conscience and disposition.

It certainly had its challenges and obstacles. I suppose since I was young, even before I knew exactly what I believed about God, I believed God to be big. Sure, I lived in a poor zip code, but it never led me to believe that could limit what God was able to do in my life. I credit the faith of my family. Hearing my grandmother and grandfather pray and sing hymns in their home, watching my mother live out her relationship with God, seeing the quiet confidence of the Lord in my father, and watching God move in revivals all led me to believe that God was far greater and stronger than we could ever fathom.

I refused to look at the obstacles when it came to the big dreams I had as a young girl. I focused on what I knew God could do. No one could tell me different. That kept me confident and grounded in the Lord’s will for my life. Now, I’m here by the grace and kindness of God, singing songs about Jesus all over the world.

Growing up in the poorest zip code, with the highest infant mortality rate was not my identity - it was my circumstance. I’m a child of God - that’s my identity. Because of that, He will always be my remedy for big odds.