Never Gonna Let Me Down

I sit here on the last day of the year, after a whirlwind Christmas week, thinking about all God has done. Thinking about how he fulfilled His promise. But then again, He always does.

“Know therefore that the LORD your God, He is God, the faithful God, who keeps His covenant and His lovingkindness to a thousandth generation with those who love Him and keep His commandments.”

— Deuteronomy 7:9 (NASB)

Don’t believe it? Take it from me; it’s true. My wife Sarah and I had been praying for a child for three years.

We believed for it. Both of us knew it wasn’t difficult for God. We prayed for it. Yet, nothing happened. Trips to the doctor ended up bittersweet as we checked out fine physically, but went home without an answer. At times we were confused, and sometimes hurt. Really bad. We struggled and fought against the enemy’s lies and cried out to the Lord. But we trusted and waited, mostly because those were the only things we could do.

Earlier this year, we went to a gathering for some leaders at someone’s home for fellowship, worship and prayer. It was just a safe place that we hadn’t experienced in a while. The group went around and we were each asked what we needed, and how everyone could agree for us in prayer. When it came time for Sarah and I, we broke down as we shared our burden of wanting to start a family and our long struggle. Our friends gathered around us and loved on us and prayed powerfully over our marriage and our situation and our future children. That was March 18th, 2016.

Fast forward a few weeks — I was in the living room and heard my wife yell in the bathroom. Being the superhero that I am, I sprang into action. But I found her crying tears of joy and smiling… because there were two lines. There were two lines on the pregnancy test. A quick trip to the doctor confirmed that my wife was pregnant with our first child! But that’s not all: the due date was December 18th, 2016. Exactly 9 months after that night we prayed.

I remember rejoicing with friends and family at the news. I remember Sarah and I singing “You’re never gonna let / Never gonna let me down” from “King of My Heart” in worship and response to God’s goodness. I remember dreaming of my son. Funny thing is, we never found out the sex of the baby during the pregnancy. It’s one of life’s true surprises. Well, guess what?

On Wednesday, December 28th, 2016 at 8:31 a.m., Nehemiah Alan Amos was born.

6 pounds, 11 ounces, and 19.5 inches of God’s promise to my wife and I. My wife said when she held him for the first time, “Nehemiah! I knew it was you.” And it’s true. Nehemiah means “comforted by the Lord” or “God’s consolation.” He is our little love letter from the Lord. Now I’m looking at his beautiful big eyes stare back at me while I sing or beatbox to him. Praise Jesus for this cute little guy.

I never knew my heart could be so full. I’m so in awe of God and in love with my wife and little son. When I first saw him I couldn’t hold back the tears. He is what we fought so hard for and believed for all this time. God is too good!

Don’t give up. God sees you and He hears you. He’s not going to let you down. Trust me, He brought healing to our family and He can do it for you, and so much more. Put your faith in Him this New Year and watch His promise come true!