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All things work together….
Count it all joy……
For I know the plans…
The Lord is my shepherd…
Do not be conformed…
I can do all things…
Do not be anxious…
Seek first…
Cast all your anxiety…
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When tough times come, they test us. The steady loss of control over our lives challenges us to ask: What, ultimately, do we cling to for hope in this life? Where do we find our sense of security? And is that place where we put our trust able to live up to our expectations? When we open the Bible, we hear God's loving voice, calling us to build our lives on the sure foundation of his Word (Matthew 7:24-25).
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What’s a recession?
It’s my fridge looking emptier, my budget tighter, my future more uncertain, my sheets bearing the marks of my nightly tossing and turning, and my heart overwhelmed, angsty, and in despair.
When our economy starts declining, the treasures of earth turn to vapor—our plans, our paychecks, and our pursuits—and we are left wondering what to cling to. The catastrophe outside created a crisis within. Loss exposes where we put our hope. It reveals what we value. And, it shows us what we hold on to most tightly.
You won’t find economic tips, predictions of prosperity, or political opinions here: just hope. Hope for you, and hope for the world, in the same place we have found it—in God’s Word.
God’s truth endures forever. God is the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow. Though all else passes away, God’s Word won’t (Matthew 24:35). He is still speaking, and of all the news being directed at you today, it’s the Lord who made heaven and earth that you need to hear.
Through his Word, God fixes our sight on himself: the one who is truly in control. He invites us to pray to him and carry our cares to his throne. He reminds us of where to rest our hopes—on the finished work of the Lord Jesus Christ in his life, death, and resurrection. And he asks us to patiently wait for him to provide for his children as he promises. The recession may not go—at least for a while—but there is refuge and relief for all those who trust in the Lord of all that’s going on.
Our Creator, in his Word, reminds us that all things come from him. It’s painfully humbling to experientially realize our dependence on God in times of crisis. Though God may be loosing our grip from this world, he’s not a taker by nature. On the contrary, he has given us many good gifts—life, family, friends, work, education, and athletics—so that through them we might find the Giver (Acts 17:24-28).
We’re wondering what to cling to. Would you believe today that the Lord of heaven and earth wants you to hold tightly to his hand (Psalm 73:23-24)? Know that it might take pulling all else out of our hands for us to cling to his. We cannot pretend to know all his ways, but we can rest on what he has told us in his Word, and we can know him.
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For we were so utterly burdened beyond our strength that we despaired of life itself. Indeed, we felt that we had received the sentence of death. But that was to make us rely not on ourselves but on God who raises the dead.
2 Corinthians 1:8-9 ESV
Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit”— yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes. Instead you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that.” As it is, you boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil. So whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin.
Faith is not
believing
the unbelievable
but trusting in
God’s Word
because of what
one has come
to know of
God’s character.
"I had never felt more like a child in my adult life. We’re all children in times of fear. And that desperation is a gift."
There is nothing—no circumstance, no trouble, no testing—that can ever touch me until, first of all, it has gone past God and past Christ right through to me. If it has come that far, it has come with a great purpose, which I may not understand at the moment.
But as I refuse to become panicky, as I lift up my eyes to him and accept it as coming from the throne of God for some great purpose of blessing to my own heart, no sorrow will ever disturb me, no trial will ever disarm me, no circumstance will cause me to fret—for I shall rest in the joy of what my Lord is! That is the rest of victory!
What is more, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them garbage, that I may gain Christ and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ—the righteousness that comes from God on the basis of faith.
Future worry is overwhelming. There’s a reason. We don’t have grace today for tomorrow.
One of Satan’s simplest tricks and most effective devices is to draw our attention to things we can do nothing about. There’s nothing worse than a crisis that can’t be fixed. If our hours are spent with thoughts of tomorrow’s problems, which are not accessible today and which we know we cannot touch with today’s resources, we are doomed to worry.
And worry wears us out… [Yet] our calling is today. It’s not that we don’t think of tomorrow, but it must consistently be filed under “future grace.” The tide of confidence in God’s sufficiency must wash out worry. In fact, it’s a command. “Do not be anxious for tomorrow.” To go there is to disobey a directive from the One who holds every moment in his hand.
"God Moves in a Mysterious Way"
This hymn was written by William Cowper (1731-1800). It encourages us to trust God's goodness even when we don't understand his ways. It beautifully reflects on God's sovereignty and providence.
Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, making the best use of the time, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.
Today we have
the Spirit of power
who gives us courage
for small steps
of obedience
even when tomorrow
seems quite bleak.
When tomorrow comes,
the Spirit will
again give us the
power and courage
that we need.
Grace is new
every morning.