Hope For What Concerns Me Today
Wednesday December 11, 2013
Troubles come, sometimes one on top of another. Pressure builds. Sadness deepens. We ask “where is God in the middle of our troubles”? When troubling situations arise in our lives, God invites us to bring them to Him and ask for His intervention. At Christmas we celebrate the birth of Jesus – Jesus who left the light and splendor of heaven and broke into the darkness and chaos of life on this planet to bring hope and peace.
This is GOD’s Message, the God who made earth, made it livable and lasting, known everywhere as GOD: ‘Call to me and I will answer you. I’ll tell you marvelous and wondrous things that you could never figure out on your own.’ (Jeremiah 33:2-3 MSG)
Jesus longs to care, comfort, and strengthen us in our times of deepest vulnerability. He knows the issues we face and He desires that we ask Him for guidance in resolving the issues before us. God will show us the right way to handle any problem we may encounter. He may show us new ways to resolve the issue, ways we have never even thought about or considered. God is not surprised or overwhelmed by what we are experiencing. God knows more about what concerns us than we could ever imagine.
What makes Christians different from others around them is that they choose to believe that there is hope and there is a solution to any problem, because God is with them. They do the things they know to be right and good in a given situation, then wait in God's care and protection until the problem is resolved. They refuse to give in to hopelessness and the thought that says nothing works and nothing will ever change. They keep looking to God who makes an amazing promise to perfectly fulfill His good purposes in everything that concerns them.
Today, two weeks before Christmas we have a wonderful opportunity to be filled with hope, as we welcome God's care into the most challenging areas of our lives. Today let’s stand with God and trust Him to perfectly fulfill His good purpose in all the things that concern us today.
So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. (Isaiah 41:10 NIV)
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