Looking Forward....

What shall we say then to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? . . . Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written, "For Your sake, we are killed all the day long; We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.(Psalm 44:22) Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him Who loved us.(Romans 8:31-37)

Hope in what seems like a hopeless situation . . . how many need this today? A sick child, a broken relationship, faced with a tough decision . . . politics? As I look back on the recent past and wonder where our world is headed, I too wonder if there is any hope. I cannot help but imagine the next five to ten years, or the next fifty to one hundred years. What will this world look like? What will the politics resemble? What will the cities be like. Will our city, our state, our nation, our world look anything like it looks today? I cannot imagine having any real "hope" without the Hope of the Savior, Jesus Christ! Despite the changes and challenges this world may present, there is a definite hope, a real trust and belief in Jesus that gives me a peace beyond all understanding. What God has been and has done in the past, He will do again. The evil ones will face destruction and the righteous will NOT be forsaken! Even if there are just a few remaining (Genesis 18:20-32, Genesis 7:1, Psalm 37:25). So rejoice admist it all! Focus on the good things that we can discover. Practice real CHRISTianity. Rest in the peace of knowing God is in control and things are enfolding as He allows. (Philippians 4:4-9)