Topic: fear

Sometimes God delivers you from the storm, but sometimes God sustains you through it. Practice resting in God, not in circumstances. Peace does not come from perfect conditions. Peace comes from trusting a perfect Savior.

Psalm 3 is David’s journal entry from one of the darkest moments of his life—running barefoot from Jerusalem as his own son Absalom leads a coup against him. The psalm is raw, emotional, and brutally honest. Yet woven through the distress are three holy interruptions: Selah.

If God is sovereign, & if God is good, why does one of the most faithful men in all of Scripture die this way? Why is John’s story not a story of rescue & vindication? John gives us a kingdom perspective that refuses to measure God’s faithfulness by the length of our ministry, & insists that the world may silence God’s servants, but it cannot stop God’s kingdom.

You don’t go out to face the giants because you’re the right stuff. Bring your memory to bear with sound thinking on the promises of God.

Your decisions today, both big and small, determine the direction your life will take tomorrow. When life gets tough, and we know it will, how we respond can either build our faith and draw us closer to Christ or weaken our intimacy with Him as we slide in the wrong direction.