Saturday, July 28, 2012

we’re not all alone…

refocus on GOD’s closeness.  the problem is, when we go through trials and crises, we tend to think we’re all alone, but we’re not.  we, like the disciples, tend to forget who is with us.  so we need to remind ourselves, first of all in a crisis, what the bible says in isaiah 43.1-2 (niv),  fear not, for I have redeemed you. I have called you by name; you are mine.  when you pass through the waters I will be with you and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you.  HE’s saying, “I’m with you.” 

no matter what situation you go through, GOD is with you. you never go through a crisis by yourself.  so the first thing you do is say, “i’m not by myself here.  GOD is with me, and if GOD is with me, what in the world am i worried about?  if GOD is near, there is no fear.”  GOD says, “I will never leave you, I will never forsake you, I’m with you always.”  the bible says “nothing can separate us from the love of GOD.”

the point i want to make here is that it doesn’t matter if my boat is rocking in a storm, if JESUS is in it.  i look, i remember, i refocus on GOD’s closeness.  HE is with me.

just a thought from the front porch…

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