We Are Not Alone

It's no secret that I've vented about issues we're dealing with lately; money (or the lack thereof) and an endless list of things we have to do, or should be doing this year and several thereafter. With items piling up, some expected and many unexpected, there seems to be no room left for things we want to do. There's always something... It feels like bondage. When you're getting beaten up nearly every month, you can only endure so much before you begin to question whose' side you're on. Of course, God's your side. However, sometimes getting knocked down again and again can set you back, and dim the brightness of the light you bring into the world.

If the attacks in your life aren't financially related, it's easily something else. Perhaps it's a struggle with an addiction, shame, abuse or health. The enemy knows our "buttons" and precisely how to press them. If he can just separate us from our God, just a little bit, he has an opening. The love of money (or rather the freedom and opportunity that it brings) are a hot button of mine. I don't necessarily love money, but I do love having plenty in the bank once all the bills are paid up, so that we can move ahead. I feel "safe" having a nest egg and completely vulnerable when we have nothing. Sadly, that nest egg hasn't happened as quickly as I'd hoped. I've felt alone, as if there's no protection from these financial crises. "Where are you, God?" or "I must have done something horrible and I'm being punished" or "How am I going to fix this?" have rattled around in my head. It's easy to feel alone and helpless when you're not focused on the Lord.

God said he'd never leave us:

Hebrews 13:5 (New International Version)

Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, "Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.

Jesus warned that there would be trouble in this life, but there is good news:

John 16:33 (New International Version)

"I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world."

We are over-comers:

1 John 5:3-5 (New International Version)

This is love for God: to obey his commands. And his commands are not burdensome, for everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith. Who is it that overcomes the world? Only he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God.

We'll get through this daily life together, leaning on the Lord Jesus Christ. I'm sick of trying to handle all of my own problems, aren't you? I can't wait to turn over all of the baggage to the Lord, trusting He'll be there to help straighten everything out in the end.

Good Night