I here the wind blowing outside tonight and it is also raining here where I live. Sometimes in life we get rain and sometimes storms roll in with all of it's fierceness. Less then a week ago a major hurricane hit Florida and there was massive devastation there where it hit. Recovery will be long and picking up the pieces of broken lives will take time.
Sometimes we face major storms in life that hit us with the intensity of a category 4 hurricane. When one of those life storms hit us we feel bewildered and hopeless. Sometimes life hurts and we are left stunned and confused. We may wonder where God was and we wonder if He cares.
The Lord does care and He loves us with a deep unconditional love. Sometimes in this fallen sinful world we encounter troubles and problems, but God is always there right by our side. The Lord Jesus promises us that He will never leave us nor will He ever forsake us, but in fact He will be with us even to the very end of the age. We can count on Jesus to keep His word for He is faithful and true and He will do as He promises.
Our circumstances may be hard and life may seem stressful and utterly difficult, but the Lord will give us the strength and courage to carry on. We must run the race that He has set out before us and we must have our eyes set upon the Lord Jesus Christ who is the author and finisher of our faith.
The enemy will try to knock us down and try to devour us, but we must stand firm upon the truth of who Jesus Christ is and we must resist the devil so that He will flee from us. We must first submit to God and trust Him alone to help us. The Lord will help us and He will enable us to withstand any and all storms through the power of the Holy Spirit who indwells every believer in Jesus Christ.
The journey will be long and hard. Trials will come. Temptations will come. Hard times will come. Sorrows upon sorrows will come. Thankfully we also know that one day Jesus will come and make things right. Jesus can and will calm the storms of life. We need to call out to Him and trust Him with whatever difficulty we find ourselves facing.
Lord,
Thank You for loving us and helping us when life gets hard.
Sometimes we don't understand what is going on, but we are thankful that You do and You are in control.
We praise Your Name.
In Jesus Name we pray,
Amen.
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