Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Banner Truths

Suddenly it's dark. The doctor calls with bad news, a child goes astray, a husband comes home drunk again. That darkness closes in and you feel like you are stumbling around. Knowing landmarks for your journey will guide you until light dawns again. What is true in the light is still true in the dark. Do not lose your grasp of those immovable pillars that well define life. Look up and see the banner truths that continue to tower overhead, unchanged, undaunted, and sufficiently powerful to pierce the remotest depth of darkness.

STOP.

Remember Jesus is the same yesterday, today and forever. Hebrews 13:8

Yesterday, today and forever - God is Sovereign - today, this moment - God is in control-there is never a second in which He ceases to be orchestrating all of life and death. Exodus 15:18

Yesterday, today and forever - God is good - He never ceases to be good. Because He is sovereign and good, He forces all of life's circumstances to ultimately work good in our lives to His glory. Psalm 27:13

Yesterday, today and forever - God is all-knowing - He knows all things and never misses those few little details that would have changed everything. He does not overlook or lose sight of you for even a single moment. Though life may not make sense to us at times because we can't see the bigger picture, it always makes sense in Heaven because God not only sees but created and sustains the biggest picture.

Yesterday, today and forever - God is all powerful. There is nothing beyond His power to control. Not even, and especially not, Satan.

Yesterday, today and forever - God is everywhere-present - He is equally present, everywhere, all the time. You are never alone.

Yesterday, today and forever - God is your God. If you know Christ as your personal Savior, if the Holy Spirit has done the work of regeneration in your heart and life, then God was, is and will always be your God. No matter what happens, He will never, ever cease to be God and He will never, ever cease to be your God.

When life closes in, we need to settle our spirits long enough to go to that place in our hearts where we know, that we know, that we know......... GOD IS... When everything feels like it is sinking or lost, cling to what you know is true.......GOD IS FOREVER AND ALWAYS THE SAME.

Diane

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