Tuesday the 19th

John 16:32

³²"But a time is coming, and has come, when you will be scattered, each to his own home. You will leave me all alone. Yet I am not alone, for my Father is with me.

 

 

I find great comfort in knowing that Christ….the one perfect man……the one person that we look to for guidance, and know He will always be there for us, draws His strength form the same point we do. The Father. Christ knew that there would come a period of time where he would be fully abandoned by those that followed Him, yet Christ knew that there was nothing to fear, for His Father was with Him. I know that many of us are going through tough times, financially, emotionally, and spiritually. We too can take comfort in knowing that when everyone else has left us, when no one will stand by our side, we always have the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. There is no depth to deep, nor a point to high that the Lord cannot find us. I can’t think of any other person that has that type of commitment……well my wife comes close….but that is for another message…..If Christ can look at His own pending death, knowing that it will be a death to suffer alone, and yet he still knew that he would always have His Father, then how could we worry for a moment that we would be abandoned  at our time of need? It is all about where you put your trust every day. When times are good, when they are bad, when they are just….well…. normal….you choose where your trust will lie. If you trust the Lord to guide you through the good times, if you give Him the glory for your achievements and happiness, then I can promise you He will share in your sorrow, your pain, and in your time of trials. Life is funny sometimes. It is when we are on top of the world we like to say I did this alone, yet we are surrounded by throngs of “supporters”. We feel unstoppable, and undefeatable, yet we would never achieve those high points without the Lord’s help, and when we are down, at the very moment things look the darkest, at the time when we should be leaning on the one that has been through it with us all, that is the moment we look around and wonder why we are all alone. We are never alone, we only choose to shut the Lord out of our lives. We are never stranded, we only choose to cut our lifeline. We are never beaten so hard that we cannot get up, we only choose to not accept the hand that has been picking us up, and helping us along the whole time. We are never alone, we are never without help, we are never beaten, we only choose to be.

 

Peace,

Brian