The LORD will keep your going out and your coming in from this time forth and forevermore. -- Psalm 121:8
As humans here on earth, we are constantly coming to the end
of things and beginning new things. A
phase of life finishes, another starts.
We are creatures of transition and fluctuation. Many of us may find that we have regrets
about the past, struggles in the present, and fears for the future. We should have foreseen and planned for the
current situation years ago. Now we are
trying to overcome obstacles in the path we are on while wondering if more
drastic changes await us next week or next year.
There is one constant, one dependable, unfailing anchor to
which we may cling. The Lord is with us
whether we are going out of the place where we have been safe and comfortable
or entering a new place of uncertainties and unknowns. The good news is that we do not need to worry
so much about security and stability in a world that is insecure and unstable
by definition for, Jesus Christ is the
same yesterday and today and forever (Hebrews 13:8).
The book of Hebrews which talks so much about Jesus as our
great High Priest reflects what the psalmist says. The earthly priests of Aaron’s line stood in
the sanctuary, offering, every day, always more sacrifices to atone for the
sins of God’s people. Yet, it is impossible for the blood of bulls and
goats to take away sins (Hebrews 10:4).
The sacrifice of Christ did take away sin and had to be done only once
for all (connected into eternity and done eternally by the one act): But when Christ had offered for all time a
single sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God (Hebrews
10:12). We are thus kept by God from the
moment of Christ’s death on the Cross and forevermore.
As we go about our ordinary and mundane lives here on earth,
the hand of God is upon us for protection and blessing whether our transitions
are easy and gradual or sudden, disruptive and terrifying.
In times like these, we need a Savior. But, be very sure, your anchor holds and grips the Solid Rock.
5 comments:
Amen, and an timely reminder. Thanks, Mush.
I need reminding sometimes.
Thanks Mush. My capacity for adapting to change is diminishing. Used to kind of like it.
These days, change makes me rely more on Jesus, so I guess it is a good thing.
He's working on us. Age is part of it. We were too tough when we were young. We needed to be tenderized.
Kind of like a good steak.
A-1 advice there, Mush. Thanks.
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