We have certainly experienced vacillating shifts this past year.
How well do you react to unexpected changes in life?
Have you ever thought about the collapse of time? From the days of the Lord Jesus Christ until about 1830, man could not travel any faster than a horse. In 1960, a man went into space and traveled at a speed of 18,000 miles per hour. Look how far we have come in so short a time! Sometimes when I read the papers, I think we are trying to run the Space age with horse-and-buggy moral and spiritual equipment. Technology, you see, has no morals; and with no moral restraints man will destroy himself ecologically, militarily, or in some other way. Only God can give a person moral restraints and spiritual strength. While our world is shaking and crumbling, we need to realize that one thing will NEVER change and that is God. He is the same today as He was ten million years ago, and He will be the same ten million years from today. We are like grasshoppers; we appear and hop around a bit on the earth and then we are gone.” Billy Graham
After Solomon’s death…there was division among the people because of their rebellion against God and the kingdom was divided into the Kingdom of Israel and the Kingdom of Judah… (sound like any nation you know?)
“Then godly King Jehoshaphat stood in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the Lord before the new court, and he said, ‘O Lord, the God of our fathers, are You not God in the heavens? And are You not ruler over all the kingdoms of the nations? Power and might are in your hand so that no one can stand against You…” II Chronicles 20: 5-9; 12b
His prayer…Power and might are in Your hand, O God, and no one can withstand You…IF calamity comes upon us, whether the sword of judgement or plague or famine, we will stand in your presence and we will cry out to you in our distress and You will hear us and save us.” He acknowledged, as we do today, that…
We have no power to face the unknown
We do not know what to do
BUT our eyes are on You, O God.
When facing the constantly changing circumstances of life, we always have a choice. Realizing change cannot be avoided and that it is not always comfortable or convenient is the first step. Then understanding that God has a plan and that the fulfillment of His purpose comes when our trust is solely and confidently placed in Him alone.
How will you deal successfully with the changes coming your way this year?
“For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper
you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” (Jer. 29:11)
The next time you find yourself in a bad situation or are perplexed by a difficult decision, remember…
“Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or discouraged…
there is a greater power with us.
This battle is only the arm of the flesh,
BUT with us is the Lord our God to help us
and to fight our battles.
Our confidence is in God!” (II Chronicles 32: 7-8)
…The God who NEVER CHANGES!
~Jackie Johnson - I am a former tribal missionary to the Kuna Indians on the Colombian border in Central America. Fluent in several languages, my husband and I currently pastor a Spanish-speaking church in Southern California. My passion is mentoring and equipping dedicated young women for life, marriage, motherhood, and beyond. I am the mother of two daughters and the grandmother of three Princesses and four young Knights.
