January 17
Is there anything in life that can be depended upon? Is there anything that can remain unshaken in today’s troubled and volatile world? When a once prosperous state (California) teeters on bankruptcy and a nation has already plunged into economic oblivion (Greece) it becomes clear that we can’t rely on money for our stability as we once thought we could.
Can we look to our leaders for wise guidance through the quagmire of woes that stare us in the face? Can we anticipate that our elected officials will chart a well-plotted course for us to lead us from our distress? That seems unlikely when we consider that documents of thousands of pages in length are passed into law without our law makers having read them.
Surely we can trust those closest to us to ‘be there’ for us in the throes of the upheaval that is all around us. We may have to concern ourselves with economic uncertainty and the vitriolic hatred of terrorists and political corruption, but surely those we love will weather these storms by our side. Yet divorce statistics paint a different picture of our interpersonal relationships.
So, what can we trust? Isaiah 54:10 gives us an answer that can keep us secure when the tumultuous winds of adversity blow all around us. Here the Lord says through His prophet, “Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken nor My covenant of peace be removed. I the Lord will have constant compassion on you.” We can trust Jesus.
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