The
President is liked.
The
President is hated.
News
is fake.
News
is real.
The
stock market soars.
The
stock market tumbles.
Russia
is a friend.
Russia
is a foe.
Isis
is defeated.
Isis
lives next door.
On
any given day, from any news source, we hear it all. What a roller-coaster ride.
Where
is reliability?
Where
is truth?
Where
is constancy?
A
line from the March issue of Christianity Today jumped out at me recently. Krish Kandiah wrote this on page 55 – “Habakkuk knew that true worship was about
living in the ups and downs of the present, knowing that God is in control
whichever way things go.”
That
is quite a statement.
Actually,
it is a pronouncement!
"God is in control
whichever way
things go."
I
think we’ve lost sight of that along the way in a lot of ways. When I look at our life today in the 21st
century, I have to cling to some foundational truths, otherwise I would give up
and drown too, which seems to be the mindset of many.
Here
is what I see.
The
world is not going to hell-in-a-hand-basket because of a political party that
is in power, or one that lost the election.
Isis
may strut their stuff for a time, but this too shall end.
Prices
may rise, inflation may be on a galloping horse, however, things can fall as
quickly as they rise. Remember 2007-2009
in America?
What
I DO cling to are some fundamental Biblical truths as I understand them.
II
Chronicles 7:14 speaks to us today:
God
says … “If my people, who are called by
my name, will humble themselves, and pray, and seek my will, AND turn from
their wrongful ways, then will I hear from Heaven. I will forgive their sin,
and I will heal their land.”
That
is a tall, impossible order.
I
know. But then we serve a God who majors
in the impossible.
Hebrews
13:8 reminds us: “Jesus Christ is the
same yesterday, and today and forever.”
God’s/Christ’s
nature never changes. His techniques may
change with the times, but His truths do not change.
My
final point is one on which I have written a dozen times. I still keep a firm grip on this one.
“I will never leave you nor
forsake you.” Joshua 1:9 tells us that.
So,
when the ups and downs come riding the winds, may we cling – CLING – to the
solidness and consistency of the God we serve.
Offering Words of
Hope Encouragement
Inspiration
One Word at a Time
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