April
04, 2016 Monday Message:
“LORD,
I wait for you; you will answer, Lord my God.” Psalms 38:15 NIV
Our
lives are a lot like David’s – too many pitfalls, snares and trials. Too many
evil people out to “get” us. And eventually, discouragement invades our minds.
Jesus
never promised that our lives would be trouble-free. In fact, quite the
opposite. “In this world, you will have trouble (tribulation.) But take heart;
I have overcome the world.” John 16:33b So anything bad, evil, out-to-get-us is “darkness,” trying to
take our focus off the light.
We
know that Jesus is the light of the world, so our problems didn’t come from
him. Rather, Jesus is the solution for what the evil one has tossed into this
world.
Right
after a few things go wrong in our lives, Satan oftentimes puts one of his best
tools into high gear – discouragement. We’re human, so we fret, we worry, we
“coulda-woulda-shoulda,” when what we ought to do is pray for God to intervene,
and then patiently wait for his help. No one ever said, “When my life was a
mess, the worry got me through the whole thing.” No – it turns out that worry
is unproductive at best, and Jesus is always the best answer.
“Do
not be far from me, My God.” Psalms 38:21b
Norton
Lawellin
Jesus
in the City Fellowship (JICF) meets every Sunday at 10 am in the North end
(gym) of the Oliver Ministry Building, 2647 Bloomington Ave., Minneapolis. This
Sunday, April 10, 2016, Pastor Retha continues teaching from Romans.
