Monthly Archives: August 2022

Not the world.

Not your abilities.

Not your strength.

Not your wealth.

Not your accomplishments.

Not your legacy.

Not your fear.

Not your trouble.

Not your anxiety.

Not inflation.

Not interest rates.

Not famines.

Not war.

Not the stock market.

Not your children.

Not even “your faith”.

Look. At. God.

And God alone.

Study HIM.

Father, Son and Holy Ghost.

Only in HIM can we be truly content.

Aim at Heaven, get Earth thrown in, aim at Earth, get neither. – you know who

“To this end we always pray for you, that our God may make you worthy of his calling and may fulfill every resolve for good and every work of faith by his power, so that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.” (2 Thess. 1:11-12‬ ‭ESV‬‬)

Although the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.”
‭‭John‬ ‭20:26‬b ESV‬‬

Through grief and doubt, Jesus comes to offer us peace.

I keep coming back to and getting encouragement from Paul’s wish for hope…

“For this reason, because I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love toward all the saints, I do not cease to give thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers, that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him, having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to the working of his great might that he worked in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places, far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and above every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come.” (Eph.‬ ‭1:15-21‬ ‭ESV‬‬)