God Always Has a Ram in the Bush!

My friends, trust me when I say that God ALWAYS has a ram in the bush! A ram in the bush is that moment when unexpected help shows up right at the time you need it; just when you think there is no hope. God always has a ram in the bush. Our job is to have the trust (complete confidence) in God that Abraham had.

Most of us know the story of when Abraham was asked to offer his son up as a burnt-offering. Verse 3 of Genesis 22 says; "And Abraham rose up early in the morning... and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him." You don’t see anywhere in the scriptures where Abraham questioned God, he simply did what he was asked/told to do. The story continues in verse 9: "And they came to the place which God had told him of, Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood." as Abraham stretched forth his hand to slay his son, verse 11 tells us, "the angel of the Lord called unto him out of heaven, and said Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I. and he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him." Imagine the relief when "Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt-offering in the stead of his son." Don’t you know that was just when Isaac thought there was no hope, God had a ram in the bush. Just as He provided the ram for him, He will do the same for me and you.

Another example is Moses. Exodus 2:2-9 tells the story of when Moses was born. When his mother saw that he was a goodly (beautiful) child, she hid him for three months. "When she could no longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river brink." His sister stood afar off, to see what would be done to him. At the perfect time, the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the river; and she saw the ark among the flags, and sent her maid to fetch it. When she saw the child and he wept, she had compassion on him, and said, this is one of the Hebrews children. Imagine the relief  when Moses' sister saw this and said to Pharaoh's daughter, shall I go and call to thee a nurse of the Hebrew women that she may nurse the child and Pharaoh's daughter told her to go. Moses' sister was then able to go and called their own mother to nurse him. Now, look at how good God is! His mother was able to nurse and care for him and Pharaoh's daughter paid her to do so! Moses' ram (and his mother's) was Pharaoh's daughter. Despite the fact that Pharaoh had said, "every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive," Moses' life was spared and his very own mother was able to tend to him.

We all know this, but sometime we need a little reminder: God is omnipresent. He will be there for you just in the nick of time and right on time to provide you with whatever kind of ram you need. Your ram could be your friend, a stranger who's kind to you in the grocery store, your neighbor, or even your very own mother - just have faith and trust that whatever you have need of, God always has a ram in the bush!

With all that's said, let the Church say Amen... and Amen!