Watch the news if you want to be convinced that God has lost control. Their motto is: We give them fear! This year we have seen that motto fleshed out better than ever. The news isn't reported. It is sensationalized to make the most stoic person scream. It makes the brave want to hide and the fearful accept any radical solution. It calls on people to make drastic decisions and sets up the next news feed so that those who want to protect their families and must watch to prepare for the next oncoming disaster.
Let's step back for a minute. Whether you are speaking of Isaiah 6 or Revelation 4 we find Someone on a throne. He is in control even if He is allowing people to act like Adam and Eve. He is not worried about the election. He has Covid-19 in His grasp. He loves all lives. He is bringing justice. He is fully aware and fully capable to act at any moment to change anything He desires.
This does not mean we won't go through the difficult times that may lay ahead. Yet, He will be with us. He controls the limit to what can happen to us. There is no limit to what He will do for us. Remember, He has already proved that by giving His Son to the cross.
In a crisis, we draw close to God and He draws close to us. We are filled with His presence. The walk with Him becomes the most precious we possess. Our fears are calmed and our hearts are filled with joy even though we may be in dire need. He gives us comfort even as we walk in the valley of the shadow of death.
Our future has not changed with all of the fears that have been placed before us. He did not give us the fear in the first place. Our fear originates in believing that anyone but God is in control. We shall be with Him forever once we have walked our days on this earth. There, we shall not face these disasters we have today. There will be no tears when we are in His new kingdom.
God is bringing His future into our lives. It is not the futile future the people of the world are facing. It is His future for us which means that He seeks our welfare rather than evil. He seeks to give us a future and a hope.
In the end, it is the devil that gets the bad news. His time will come to an end.
Therefore, our strength should be in the Lord. Our future is found in Him. His presence is more precious than anything that is taken from us. We will walk confidently through all we face. We can praise Him though there are no cattle in the stalls. We can praise Him though our lives may come to an end. We can praise Him because just when the world says there is no hope, our hope shines through.
God is in control.
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