Lean on me when you’re not strong? If you find a person, a BFF, a mentor, someone you can always depend on, trust and lean on at anytime, then you’ve made a rare find. For even best friends whom you think you know can do the most unthinkable things behind your back. I know this from experience.
To Lean on Someone (phrasal verb) – to depend on someone for support and encouragement, especially at a difficult time.
Lean on Me
In spite of this, I have a BFF (till death do us part) in my wife, my soulmate, my love of a lifetime in Carmen. I also have that in my mentor and his wife, Keith and Bridget. And in additional to this, I have my kids – Michael, Sebastian, Lexi and Elias. All these people have the same thing in common – they have my back! I am a blessed man.
But even more than all of that, if it were possible, I have an amazing God and His mercy, His grace, His love – He’s got my back more than anyone. Lean on Me when you’re not strong…and even when you are strong.
There are those people you don’t want to depend on because you can’t depend on them. So what is it that makes someone dependable? People who:
- show up on time. When you need them there they are there promptly and not a minute or two later. This shows they care. You can depend on them.
- always respond. They make time for you. You can depend on them.
- do what they say. You know their word is their bond and they mean what they say. You can depend on them.
- are responsible and take responsibility for their own actions. You can depend on them.
- get things done because they are organized and they prioritize. You can depend on them.
- have strong emotional intelligence (EI). They are consistent and you know what to expect from them. You can depend on them.
- are there after the fallout, they follow up. Lots of people will show up, but not many will follow up. You can depend on them.
We Can Depend on Jesus
There are times that I have felt all alone. I am sure you have too. But be encouraged. I know now more than ever that Jesus is always with me, with us. In our every-day-walking-around-kind-of-life He is there. We can depend on Him.
To know Him is to fully depend on Him.
When you start to see one set of footprints in the sand that’s when you know I started carrying you.
Hebrews 13:5 niv
God has said, ‘Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.’
1 Corinthians 1:9 esv
God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
Challenge of the Day: To depend on someone takes a great amount of trust. Trust is earned. Trust must be developed. Work on your trust with others today. And most importantly, trust in Jesus…in your everyday life! So be it.
