NEVER ENDURING ALONE!
Let’s Compare.
What do we own? What do we have to give?
How much can we say “really” belongs to us?
Okay, now, let us look at Jehovah Jireh.
What does He own? What does He have to give?
How much of this universe belongs to Him?
Today, I am confronted & comforted.
Confronted by the TRUTH—Life apart from Christ Jesus my LORD is not worth much!
Comforted by the TRUTH—Life within the Love & Grace & Mercy of my LORD JESUS CHRIST is worth everything!
What are you facing? Yes, that is the right question.
What are you facing that seems so overwhelming? Yes, you immediately know the answer to that question (even if no one else knows).
We each face—something—and in this “facing of our something,” we have the ability to reach one of two ways: TRUST GOD or NOT!
Sometimes, this life we have been given to live dishes out some really tough stuff.
The Dissolution of our Marriage.
The Loss of our Job & Sustainability.
The Fear of Facing Life Alone After the Death of a Spouse.
The Pain and Anxiety of Walking Through a Medical Condition.
The Panic of Death—ours or someone we love.
The STUFF of this life that SCARES us to death.
Yes, sometimes, some calendar days of this life we have been given—really rattles our inner being.
So what can we say? What can we do?
Where can we go? How in the world can we ever TRUST GOD to carry us through THIS?
When should we leave & go?
I listened to the lyrical melody of words, yes words sung to remind me what I must do.
Maybe today, these words also speak to you.
“I don’t have much/I don’t have much/
But a heart that beats for You
I have a heart that beats for You
I have a heart that beats for You
I have a heart that beats for You
I have a heart that beats for You
I have a heart that beats for You
I don’t have much/I don’t have much/
I have a life I’ll give to You
I have a life I’ll give to You
I have a life I’ll give to You
I have a life I’ll give to You
I have a life I’ll give to You
I don’t have much/I don’t have much/
But a heart that beats for You.”
—Josh Baldwin & Taylor Leonhardt & Jess Ray “I Don’t Have Much”
Today, I am confronted & comforted.
Confronted by the TRUTH—Life is not worth much apart from Christ Jesus my LORD!
Comforted by the TRUTH—Life within the Love & Grace & Mercy of my LORD JESUS CHRIST is worth everything!
Today, I am reminded that NEVER do we EVER ENDURE ALONE!
Paul wrote a letter of encouragement to the Christians living in Rome. During this discourse, God’s TRUTH gives us everything we need whenever we arise and face a day filled with uncertainty, fear, loss, pain, & panic—All The STUFF of this life that SCARES us to death.
SEE WITH ME THE WORDS of GOD—
& BE ENCOURAGED—
& BE SUSTAINED—
& BE TOTALLY HELD!
“Who will separate us from the love of Christ?
Will tribulation,
Or distress,
or persecution,
or famine,
or nakedness,
or peril,
or sword?
Just as it is written,
‘FOR YOUR SAKE WE ARE BEING PUT TO DEATH ALL DAY LONG;
WE ARE CONSIDERED AS SHEEP TO BE SLAUGHTERED.’
“But in all these things we overwhelmingly conquer through Him who loved us.
For I am convinced that neither death,
nor life,
nor angels,
nor principalities,
nor things present,
nor things to come,
nor powers,
nor height,
nor depth,
nor any other created thing,
[NOTHING EVER!!!]
will be able to separate us from the love of God,
which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
(Romans 8: 35-39)
DESPITE WHAT WE FACE, WE ARE NOT EVER ALONE—
DESPITE WHAT WE MUST CARRY, WE ARE NOT EVER ALONE—
DESPITE WHAT WE ENDURE, WE ARE NOT EVER ALONE—
DESPITE WHAT WE FEAR, WE ARE NOT EVER ALONE—
DESPITE WITHIN WHAT OUR FEAR & PANIC BRINGS, WE ARE NOT EVER ALONE—
DESPITE EVERYTHING THIS WORLD EVER BRINGS—NEVER ARE WE EVER ALONE!!!!!!
If today allows, take time to listen to this melody by Chris McClarney that reminds us how we are invited to “Speak to the Mountains.”
If today allows, take time to also listen to this melody by Lauren Daigle that reminds us how we CAN & MUST “Trust in YOU [GOD].”
Despite the STRUGGLES of this life—Let us remember just as GOD led David to remember.
“O LORD, how my adversaries have increased?
Many are rising up against me.
Many are saying of my soul,
There is no deliverance for him in God.” Selah.
But You, O LORD, are a shield about me,
My glory and the One who lifts my head.
I was crying to the LORD with my voice,
And He answered me from His holy mountain. Selah.
I lay down and slept;
I awoke, for the LORD sustains me.
I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people
Who have set themselves against me round about.
Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God!
For You have smitten all my enemies on the cheek;
You have shattered the teeth of the wicked.
Salvation belongs to the LORD;
Your blessing be upon Your people! Selah.”
(Psalm 3: 1-8)
Whatever we have, let us bring it to Jesus & Let us Lay it down at His feet.
“What a Friend We Have in Jesus”—a melody sung by the band Selah.
Listen and be sustained.