Hope For Today "Faith"

How many of us have fallen to places in life where we never thought we would have allowed ourselves to be?  Then, thankfully, in a moment of clarity, we saw what we had become and were shocked. As with so many others, it seems that only when the chaos and pain reaches an out-of-control level for us do we actually call out to the Lord. Amazingly, at those times our Loving God is willing and ready and able to respond to our cry.

Just like the hub on a wheel brings together all the spokes and the tire that surrounds them so they work in unity, so God brings all things in our lives together.

None of us were there before creation except God.  He alone knows all the details about how and when this earth came into being. What I do know is this, however it got done, God did it and however it all keeps going, in spite of the difficult things we see happening around us because of fires, and earthquakes, and floods, etc., we know that God is sustaining life on this planet until His good purposes have been fulfilled.

Good news – we all love it. The very best news, and news that has a long term positive effect in our lives is the good news of God’s love for us demonstrated in the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ.

We long for continuity and stability in our uncertain and changing world. Today we can be grateful that we know the God of the beginning and the end who is also holding everything in between. 

Even though God created us in love and watched as we turned our backs on His kindness, He still pursues us with His love.  When we call out to God, He is willing to show us the way we should go.

So many challenges with money not only in our own lives but around the world with the economies of so many countries.  Everyone wants more money thinking it will solve more problems but the Bible clearly teaches us that the love of money is the root of all evil we know.

With all the complicated issues, we face, we often don’t know how to pray and yet that is exactly what we need to do, the best thing we can do. How do we pray when we don’t know how to pray?

God pays attention.  God hears us when we call out to Him, even to the point of “inclining his ear” to us to make sure He hears what we are saying, catches every emotion, attends to the cry of our heart. How good is that?

Some things that seem small can be used by God, in His wisdom and power, to do great and even seemingly impossible things. L

The story of God connecting with His people in public places like the tabernacle and the temple is told in chapter after chapter in the Old Testament part of the Bible.  So what does that have to do with us today? Amazingly, we are now meant to be those who demonstrate every day this connection between heaven and earth, this God who meets persons and persons who meet with God. 

I bumped into the word “constant” and I find it refreshing to me in these days when very little is constant and everything seems to be moving about, often in unexpected ways. God is the one constant in our lives for stability and goodneess. If we were to look at our use of time and our time spent with God, is there a warmth, a settledness, a relaxed openness to how we interact? Even if we don’t feel like it, God hasn’t gone anywhere. He’s here with us today.