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Written by Scott M. Kendall
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Sunday, 28 September 2008 19:42 |
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Throughout the land, this Sunday, America’s pulpits assured their flocks that they should not worry about the financial shenanigans in New York and Washington D. C., because God is in control. We have nothing to fear because He who is in us is greater than he who is in the world. As long as we have faith, everything will be fine. It is true that He who is in us is greater than he who is in the world. In perfect love there is no fear. All true. But the significance of these truths—what they actually mean—may have not been heard. Many heard something different and seemingly more comforting: Because God is in control, He would stop the American economy from collapsing; or, because God is in control, He would protect our personal prosperity even if the economy collapsed. All we need is faith. During the last Great Depression, American families of faith suffered extraordinary financial hardship, as did the rest of America. Did they suffer because they lacked faith? American families of faith were decimated during the Great Civil War, along with the rest of the country, with the blood of 618,000 fathers, sons, and brothers. Did they suffer because they lacked faith? Many Families of faith have lost sons and daughters in Iraq and Afghanistan over the last several years. Did they suffer because they lacked faith?
The promise is not that we would not suffer. The promise is that even in our worst sufferings, He would be with us: 2 Corinthians 1:3-7 (New King James Version) New King James Version (NKJV) Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Comfort in Suffering
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, 4 who comforts us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any trouble, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. 5 For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also abounds through Christ. 6 Now if we are afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation, which is effective for enduring the same sufferings which we also suffer. Or if we are comforted, it is for your consolation and salvation. 7 And our hope for you is steadfast, because we know that as you are partakers of the sufferings, so also you will partake of the consolation.
I do not know what will happen tomorrow, next week, or anytime in the future. What I do know for certain is that no matter what, He will be with me.
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 28 September 2008 20:34 )
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