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\n\tHow do we move from doubts to peace, from stress to rest? How can we live as new creations in a world filled with despair? We need to remember the character of God and the design of His Church<\/strong>!<\/p>\n God said, I have loved you with an everlasting love, therefore I have drawn you with lovingkindness<\/em> (Jeremiah 31:3, NASB). In the Message, that reads: God told them, \u2018I\u2019ve never quit loving you and never will. Expect love, love, and more love!<\/em><\/p>\n A loved one dies; a friend betrays; a business fails; we experience abuse; nations collapse\u2014each the opposite of what we could possibly want. We can allow ourselves to feel grief, sadness, hurt, or disappointment\u2014being informed<\/strong> but not controlled<\/strong> by those feelings. As we acknowledge how we feel, we can remember God\u2019s words, in both the Old and New Testament:<\/p>\n The LORD is the one who goes ahead of you; He will be with you. He will not fail you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed <\/em>(Deuteronomy 31:8, NASB). This promise is repeated in the New Testament, paired with a warning: Make sure that your character is free from the love of money, being content with what you have; for He Himself has said, \u2018I will never desert you, nor will I ever forsake you,’ so that we can confidently say, \u2018The LORD is my helper, I will not be afraid, what will man do to me?\u2019<\/em> (Hebrews 13:5-6).<\/p>\n Thomas Watson said, \u201cA Christian is discontented because he is in want, and therefore he is in want because he is discontented.\u201d In our world, filled with many forms of tribulation (see John 16:33), we have a choice to turn to God or from Him.<\/strong> And it\u2019s the turning to<\/strong> Him that builds our relationship with<\/strong> Him. It\u2019s then that we experience the depth of His love along with an increasing ability to entrust all our concerns to Him.<\/p>\n For this reason I also suffer these things, but I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed and I am convinced that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him until that day. Retain the standard of sound words which you have heard from me, in the faith and love which are in Christ Jesus. Guard, through the Holy Spirit who dwells in us, the treasure which has been entrusted to\u00a0you <\/em>(2 Timothy 1:12 -14, NASB).<\/p>\n Is your perspective heavenly or earthly? When we know our purpose and live in God\u2019s hope, we\u2019ll be able to live in confidence<\/strong>, wherever we are, regardless of circumstances<\/strong>.<\/p>\n From prison, Paul wrote, For I am confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus <\/em>(Philippians 1:6, NASB).<\/p>\n What I\u2019m trying to do here is to get you to relax, to not be so preoccupied with getting, so you can respond to God\u2019s giving. People who don\u2019t know God and the way he works fuss over these things, but you know both God and how he works. Steep your life in God-reality, God-initiative, God-provisions. Don\u2019t worry about missing out. You\u2019ll find all your everyday human concerns will be met <\/em>(Matthew 6:31-33, MSG).<\/p>\n\n
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\nThan Jesus\u2019 blood and righteousness;
\nI dare not trust the sweetest frame,
\nBut wholly lean on Jesus\u2019 name.\nOn Christ, the solid Rock, I stand;
\nAll other ground is sinking sand,
\nAll other ground is sinking sand\nWhen darkness veils His lovely face,
\nI rest on His unchanging grace;
\nIn every high and stormy gale,
\nMy anchor holds within the veil.\nHis oath, His covenant, His blood,
\nSupport me in the whelming flood;
\nWhen all around my soul gives way,
\nHe then is all my hope and stay.\nWhen He shall come with trumpet sound,
\nOh, may I then in Him be found;
\nIn Him, my righteousness, alone,
\nFaultless to stand before the throne.\n\n\t\t\n\t\tSubscribe on YouTube\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/h2>\n\t