Little Thoughts For Big Days
If you walk with God, why are you so concerned about that problem that seems out of control? You know He’ll repair and mend everything that pertains to you and your family and your circumstances. Oh, It may be in slow, small steps and you won’t see the big picture..In fact you may miss the baby steps along the way. But they all fall in line, in just the right order, and at just the right time on God’s timeline. Hang in there and focus on what He’s doing for your problem right now, even though you see nothing. Be thankful and offer praise to a God who’s sovereign and in control. Soon you will look back to see a beautiful tapestry that will boggle your mind and make your head spin!
Psalm 37: 23
“The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord: and he delighteth in his way.”
The risen Lord is worthy of our praise and our trust, so trust Him for that ~ whatever it is that weighs on your soul, perhaps casting a shadow on your world where you might even be unaware! What is it that’s out of your control ~ you know that it is and it’s bothersome! You’ve truly given it over to God, yet subconsciously you take it back and it gnaws away at your inner spirit and colors every day an overcast gray! Oh ~ you know what I mean don’t you? Those issues that we can’t shake free from just because if we cling to them, we just might be able to do something about them. Well ~ It’s ok to give it over yet one more time and walk away resting in the awareness and awesomeness of God and His compassion for His people. His faithfulness is so trustworthy, His love so outlandish and His grace so extravagant. On the cross He took the world’s weight of sin on His shoulders and He defeated it all when He rose the Victor over death! His credentials are out this world and so He’s quite capable of carrying the weight of your world ~ your influences, your concerns and your heart – wrenching soul issues!
Yeah, just trust Him for that and see today through rosy, tinted glasses because you know, that you know that you know that He lives and He’s alive and well and for real and He’s just there for you and there’s hope in that.
“As for me, I know that my Redeemer lives, and at the last He will take His stand on the earth.” Job 19:25
“God raised the Lord and will also raise us up by his power.” 1 Corinthians 6:14
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Behold the man upon the cross, with the weight of the world’s sin upon His back. His shoulders heavy with the excruciating pain of it all. The sin on His back was more painful to bear than the nails piercing His hands and feet and the sword that sliced His slide. He who knew no sin ~ had never done any wrong ~ had never known a selfish moment or had a bad day because of His attitude, was tormented by those that were governed by their sinful nature in this sinful world. He was tortured and brutally beaten by them, yet He died for them and took their sin upon Himself. The Roman soldiers did it and the mobs cried “Crucify Him,” but so did we because in those moments of darkness and pain, Christ died for the past, present and future world of sinful man. Them and us and those to come!
Sin, the world’s curse and man’s inheritance. It lurks in the nitty, gritty corners of our lives ~ those “everywhere” places that distract and lure us in to pleasantries for the moment and into guilt after that; chains us in its grip of bondage and is relentless to let go. Yeah, Christ was beaten for that. Tortured for that! Died for that! It’s Him hanging on the cross for that; He took the penalty of death for them, His accusers and for us ~ just as guilty as they! His Crown of death became a crown of life ~ for them ~ for us! The thief hanging on one side of Christ took Him up on His offer and asked for forgiveness in His final moments and received a pardon before succumbing to death! The other thief hung there, still determined in his pride, and robbed himself of the opportunity of a lifetime. He died in his dreadful, sinful condition, refusing to give in! Christ couldn’t help him because he wouldn’t ask! Which side of Christ are you on as we approach this so very sad, yet so very beautiful celebration of the Cross of Christ?
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John 19: 29 – 30
“A jar of vinegar was standing there; so they put a sponge full of the sour wine upon a branch of hyssop and brought it up to His mouth. Therefore when Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, “It is finished!” And He bowed His head and gave up His spirit.”
Hope and Healing In Hard Places 