What God does not allow to happen. For a long time, I saw God’s will fitting into one of two categories. I now realize there is a third category. 3. What He does not allow to happen. In my own life, God did not allow me to die at birth, though I should have and […]
“My name is Jack, and I’m an alcoholic. My life has been a struggle – an off-again/on-again drinking problem and making promises to my wife and others that I always end up breaking. I want to stop drinking, but I can’t seem to stay sober long term. It’s a dangerous world I live in. If only there were some safe place I could find.”
The test of faith is to look at all the dangers ahead and cast ourselves totally on God’s promises, to commit ourselves to a lifetime of trust and confidence in His Word.
With all the wars and rumors of wars, the infighting among politicians, the personal pains and the hurts, the grouchy neighbor across the street, and the struggles to make ends meet – if you are a believer, know that God is saying to you
… if we are untethered from Christ, if Jesus is an afterthought, an ally standing far off to help us in trouble.
What if I were to walk behind Jesus on the King’s Highway the remainder of my days? What highway is that, you might ask? It’s the highway leading to heaven, with the world in the ditches as I walk by, and me an observer. Jesus is ever before me, beckoning me to follow Him wherever […]