Our Eyes

There's a Scripture I've gone to so many times in my life. Times when I've felt overwhelmed by my circumstances, needs, challenges, and impossibilities. I still go to it. It's 2nd Chronicles 20:12. The armies of three different nations have come against the people of Judah. Their king, Jehoshaphat, knowing his tiny army had no chance of defeating them cried out to his God saying, ".....they have come to throw us out of Your land, which You gave us as an inheritance. O our God, won't You stop them? We are powerless against this mighty army which is about to attack us. We do not know what to do, but our eyes are on You." 

I have often found myself in the same kind of place as Jehoshaphat, Places where I was surrounded by things that were crushing me by inches. Places where the situation was beyond desperate and I had no idea as to what I should do. As we have recently witnessed through the awful devastation that has befallen those regions devastated by the floods that have washed away lives and property, and the wildfires that are doing the same in southern California, the events of life can bring unbelievable destruction upon us. Rich and poor alike are rendered powerless by forces completely beyond our control. Massive amounts of human aid and provision through both the church and government has been rendered, but still the victims of it all remain overwhelmed. For them, life will never be the same again. No amount of aid or provision can restore much of what has been lost. 

Such devastation can come upon us in so many different ways, sweeping away all that we hold dear. In their wake, hopes and dreams vanish and all that is left is brokenness and emptiness. We are made aware of how powerless and helpless we are, how little control we really have. We don't know what to do and we don't know where to turn. In the midst of all of this there is One, unseen and unnoticed by most, who cannot be lost to us. One who is Almighty and has no limitations upon Him. One who can make a way through the impossible and do the impossible. One who is able to deliver and will deliver those who put their hope in Him.

We live in a fallen world and the Father has not promised to keep us from all the effects of that world, but He has promised to be with us and in us as we walk through all that makes for this world. We will at times be overwhelmed and we will often have no idea what to do. He is not overwhelmed and He knows the way we take. We can trust Him. The One who gave us His Son to die for us, can be trusted to do all we need as He leads us in His way because He is the Way. Trust Him. Believe Him. Cling to Him. In Him, Jehoshaphat had victory over the seemingly invincible armies before Him. In Christ, so do we. He will not fail you. He is our victory.

Blessings,

Pastor O