Wow has the world ever changed since I left full time ministry. I have to admit I have been struggling to be hopeful lately. Between open borders, and the US economy and how it is impacting people at a local level, and now the Crisis in Israel, in many ways I’m thinking we are done. As I am discouraged I find myself shifting my mentality from a hopeful, peaceful attitude to one of self preservation. How do I protect myself and my family from what I believe seems to be coming?
Then yesterday as I engage in a LifeStation Discovery Bible Discussion with a few friends I am challenge to think differently. “If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation”. “God is reconciling the world to Himself”. Followers of Jesus are his ministers, they are His ambassadors….ok I can’t give up, I can’t lose hope. My faith requires me to lean in and hope in the midst of the most hopeless situations.
Today I read Psalms 119:49-56. “The promises of God have given me Hope”. “My comfort in my suffering is this: Your promises preserve my life.” “I remember your ancient laws and I find comfort in them”. “Your decrees are the theme of my song wherever I make my home….This has been my practice: I obey your precepts.
Today, with all that is going on in the world I am choosing to allow the Hope and Peace of God to guide me. I am choosing to continue to practice the ways of Jesus as I desire to be an ambassador of Christ to those around me. God may this start in my home and then go with me wherever my life is stationed today!
